Grallaria alleni Chapman, 1912
Moustached antpitta
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Two subspecies exist
Conservation Status
Last record: 1979
Rediscovered in 1990
IUCN RedList status: Vulnerable
Distribution
Colombia & Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Chapman, Frank Michler. (1912). Diagnoses of apparently new Colombian birds. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31: 139-166.
Other references:
BirdLife International. 2016. Grallaria alleni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22703252A93912650. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703252A93912650.en. Downloaded on 14 February 2017.
Collar, N. J.; Gonzaga, L. P.; Krabbe, N.; Madroño Nieto, A.; Naranjo, L. G.; Parker, T. A.; Wege, D. C. 1992. Threatened birds of the Americas: the ICBP/IUCN Red Data Book. International Council for Bird Preservation, Cambridge, U.K.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Freile, J. F.; Chaves, J. A. 2004. Interesting distributional records and notes on the biology of bird species from a cloud forest reserve in north-west Ecuador. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 124: 6-16.
Freile, J. F.; Parra, J. L.; Graham, C. H. 2010. Distribution and conservation of Grallaria and Grallaricula antpittas (Grallariidae) in Ecuador. Bird Conservation International 20(4): 410-431.
Freile, J. F.; Renjifo, L. M. 2003. First nesting records of the Moustached Antpitta (Grallaria alleni). Wilson Bulletin 115: 11-15.
Greeney, H. F.; Gelis, R. A. 2006. Observations on parental care of the Moustached Antpitta (Grallaria alleni) in northwestern Ecuador. Ornitologia Neotropical 17: 313-316.
Krabbe, N. and Coopmans, P. (2000). Rediscovery of Grallaria alleni (Formicariidae) with notes on its range, song and identification. Ibis 142(2): 183-187. [Abstract]
Krabbe, N.; Skov, F.; Fjeldså, J.; Petersen, I. K. 1998. Avian diversity in the Ecuadorian Andes - an atlas of distribution of Andean forest birds and conservation priorities. Centre for Research on Cultural and Biological Diversity of Andean Rainsforests (DIVA), Ronde, Denmark.
López-Ordóñez, J.P.; Cortés-Herrera, J.O.; Paez-Ortíz, C.A.; González-Rojas, M.F. 2013. Nuevos registros y comentarios sobre la distribución de algunas especies de aves en los Andes Occidentales de Colombia. Orn. Colombiana 13: 21-36.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Stiles, F. G. 1998. Notes on the biology of two threatened species of Bangsia tanagers in northwestern Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 118: 25-31.
Stotz, D. F.; Fitzpatrick, J. W.; Parker, T. A.; Moskovits, D. K. 1996. Neotropical birds: ecology and conservation. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Wege, D. C.; Long, A. J. 1995. Key Areas for threatened birds in the Neotropics. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.