Watkins's antpitta (Grallaria watkinsi) or the scrub antpitta, is a species of bird in the family Grallariidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Grallariidae |
| Genus: | Grallaria |
| Species: | G. watkinsi
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| Grallaria watkinsi Chapman, 1919
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.
The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the English collector Henry George Watkins, who collected in Peru.[3]
References edit
- ^ Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. (2009). IOC World Bird Names (version 2.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ Accessed 30 August 2009
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Grallaria watkinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22703277A93914465. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22703277A93914465.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 360.
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