Brown-bellied antwren

Brown-bellied antwren
A male at Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil.
A female at Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thamnophilidae
Genus:Epinecrophylla
Species: E. gutturalis
Binomial name
Epinecrophylla gutturalis
(Sclater & Salvin, 1881)

The brown-bellied antwren or brown-bellied stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla gutturalis) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.

It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The brown-bellied antwren was described by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1881 and given the binomial name Myrmotherula gutturalis.[2] The present genus Epinecrophylla was introduced in 2006.[3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Myrmotherula gutturalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 March 2013.
  2. ↑ Sclater, Philip L.; Salvin, Osbert (1881). "Descriptions of some new species of South-American birds of the families Tyrannidae and Formicariidae". Ibis. 4th Series. 5: 267–271 [269].
  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.
  • Isler, M., D. Lacerda, P. Isler, S. Hackett, K. Rosenberg, and R. Brumfield (2006). Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 522-527
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