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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/

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/8769/grallaria-chthonia-chira-antpitta

 

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