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Formicariidae part 1

Antpittas

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Relationships after Rice (2005a, b). The results of these studies indicate that Pittasoma, traditionally included in this group, is more closely related to Conopophaga than to other antpittas, and it has been moved to Conopophagidae.

Containing group: Furnarii

References

Chesser, R. T. 2004. Molecular systematics of New World suboscine birds. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 32:11-24.

Irestedt, M., J. Fjelds?, U. S. Johansson, and P. G. P. Ericson. 2002. Systematic relationships and biogeography of the tracheophone suboscines (Aves: Passeriformes). Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 23:499-512.

Krabbe, N. and T. S . Schulenberg. 2003. Family Formicariidae (Ground-Antbirds). Pages 682?731 in Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. J. del Hoyo, A. Elliot, and D. Christie, eds. BirdLife International and Lynx Editions, Cambridge, UK and Barcelona.

Lowery, G.H. and J. P. O?Neill. 1969. A new species of antpitta from Peru and a revision of the subfamily Grallarinae. Auk 86:1?12.

Rice, N. H. 2005a. Phylogenetic relationships of antpitta genera (Passeriformes: Formicariidae). Auk 122(2):673-683.

Rice, N. H. 2005b. Further Evidence for Paraphyly of the Formicariidae (Passeriformes). Condor 107(4):910-915.

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Scientific Name Hylopezus ochroleucus
Location Araripe National Forest, Cear? state, Brazil
Comments This species lives in dry forest in northeastern Brazil.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Scientific Name Grallaria hypoleuca castanea
Location Caba?as San Isidro, Napo province, Ecuador
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Behavior It was picking up worms that were put out for it on a trail near the lodge. Rather than eat the worm
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