Grallaria chthonia Wetmore & Phelps, 1956:6
Táchira antpitta, Tachira antpitta
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: March 1956
Rediscovered in 2017?
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
South-west Táchira, Andes, Venezuela (western)
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wetmore, Alexander and Phelps, William H. jr. (1956). Further additions to the list of birds of Venezuela. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 69: 1-12.
Other references:
Ascanio, D., Rodriguez, G. and Restall, R. (2017). Birds of Venezuela. Helm Field Guides.
BirdLife International. (2012). Grallaria chthonia. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 24 August 2013.
Boesman, P. (1998). Some new information on the distribution of Venezuelan birds. Cotinga [1998]: 27-39.
Martin, Thomas E., Bennett, Gareth C., Fairbairn, Andrew J. and Mooers, A. Ø. (2023). ‘Lost’ taxa and their conservation implications. Animal Conservation 26(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788 [Appendix S2 (1617 taxa not seen >10 years); Appendix S3 (562 taxa not seen >50 years)]
Tobias, J. A., Butchart, S. H. M. and Collar, N. J. (2006). Lost and found: a gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding 1: 4-22.
http://bowdoinglobalist.com/2017/02/09/lost-and-found-searching-for-the-worlds-lost-birds/
https://abcbirds.org/article/scientists-rediscover-venezuelan-bird/