Order: Passeriformes | Family: Grallariidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult |Sex: Unknown | Loc. Satipo Road, Junin
Age: Adult |Sex: Unknown | Loc. Satipo Road, Junin
Age: Adult |Sex: Unknown | Loc. Choquequirao, Apurimac
Age: Adult |Sex: Unknown | Loc. Unchog, Huanuco
Status: The Rufous Antpitta is common and widespread generally at elevations between 2500 – 3700 m. This Antpitta occurs throughout the east slope of the Andes and also on the west slope south to Cajamarca. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Tororoi Rufo.
Sub-species: Rufous Antpitta (Grallaria rufula rufula) Lafresnaye, 1843. Andes of Ecuador S to extreme N Peru.
(G. r. cajamarcae) (Chapman), 1927. W Andes of Peru in S Cajamarca.
(G. r. obscura) Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1896. C Andes of Peru (S to Junín).
(G. r. occabambae) (Chapman), 1923. SE Peru (Cuzco) SE to W Bolivia (W La Paz).
Meaning of Name: Grallaria: L. grallarius, grallae= one walking on stilts. rufula: L. rufulus= reddish.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 01/01/2015.