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Spotted Antpitta

Hylopezus macularius(Temminck, CJ, 1830)

English (US) Spotted Antpitta

The Spotted Antpitta (Hylopezus macularius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Grallariidae (Antpittas) in the order Passeriformes.

Scientific name
Hylopezus macularius
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
English (US)
Spotted Antpitta
Described by
(Temminck, CJ, 1830)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.

Taxonomic history

First described as
Pitta macularia
Described by
(Temminck, CJ, 1830)
Type locality
Brazil; error = Cayenne, type locality substituted by Hellmayr, Nov. Zool., 17, 1910, p. 370.
Original description
Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.85, vol.2 text to Genus Pitta,sp.11

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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