Foothill antwren

Foothill antwren
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thamnophilidae
Genus:Epinecrophylla
Species: E. spodionota
Binomial name
Epinecrophylla spodionota
(Sclater & Salvin, 1880)
Subspecies

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Synonyms

Myrmotherula spodionota

The foothill antwren or foothill stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla spodionota) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Peru, Ecuador and southwestern Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The foothill antwren was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1880 and given the binomial name Myrmotherula spodionota.[2] It was subsequently placed in the genus Myrmotherula. The present genus Epinecrophylla was erected in 2006.[3]

The foothill antwren has two subspecies:[4]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Epinecrophylla spodionota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Sclater, Philip L.; Salvin, Osbert (1880). "On new birds collected by Mr. C. Buckley in Eastern Ecuador". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (2): 155–161 [159].
  3. ↑ Isler, M.L.; Lacerda, D.R.; Isler, P.R.; Hackett, S.J.; Rosenberg, K.V.; Brumfield, R.T. (2006). "Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119 (4): 522–527. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[522:EANGOA]2.0.CO;2.
  4. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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