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Grallaria

Genus of birds

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Taxonomy

The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816 with the variegated antpitta (Grallaria varia) as the type species. The genus name is from Neo-Latin grallarius meaning "stilt-walker".

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