Foothill stipplethroat
The foothill stipplethroat or foothill antwren (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.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Epinecrophylla |
| Species: | E. spodionota |
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| Epinecrophylla spodionota (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) | |
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Myrmotherula spodionota | |
The foothill stipplethroat 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 stipplethroat has two subspecies:[4]
- Epinecrophylla spodionota spodionota (Sclater & Salvin, 1880) - southern Colombia to northern Peru
- Epinecrophylla spodionota sororia (von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894) - Peru
References
- BirdLife International (2017). "Epinecrophylla spodionota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22701484A110787890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22701484A110787890.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- 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].
- 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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