Biology:Rufous-breasted antpitta

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Short description: Species of bird

Rufous-breasted antpitta
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Grallariidae
Genus: Grallaricula
Species:
G. leymebambae
Binomial name
Grallaricula leymebambae
Carriker, 1933
Grallaricula leymebambae map.svg

The rufous-breasted antpitta or leymebamba antpitta (Grallaricula leymebambae) is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It was first described by American ornithologist and entomologist Melbourne Armstrong Carriker. It is found in Peru and western Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and heavily degraded former forest. It has been recently considered a subspecies of Grallaricula ferrugineipectus.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q31874425 entry