There was a very contentious and rather vicious fight about who discovered this bird. Researchers from ProAves, a conservation organization, claimed credit, as did people from a Colombian birding society. When IOC named the bird they decided to name it after the region where it is found.
Carantón-Ayala & Certuche-Cubillos, 2010: NOTE(NEW: Urrao Antpitta is a newly described species with unsettled nomenclature and propriety (Barrera et al. 2010; Carantón-Ayala & Certuche-Cubillos 2010; Cadena & Stiles 2010; SACC 479).)
German
Antioquia-Ameisenpitta
French
Grallaire d’Urrao
Chinese
灰腹蚁鸫
Japanese
ウラオジアリドリ
Russian
Оливковая граллярия
Spanish
Tororoí de Urrao
Portuguese
torom-de-urrao
Bird Data App text
Recently discovered, and only found in the forests below the {paramo} of Urrao.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)