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Western Woodhaunter
Photo by Stanley Jones
Location: Rio Silanche Santuary near Mindo, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes

Hyloctistes subulatus

Includes Eastern Woodhaunter & Western Woodhaunter

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Central and South America:
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

Six subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• H. s. nicaraguae
• H. s. virgatus
• H. s. assimilis
• H. s. cordobae
• H. s. lemae
• H. s. subulatus

Some authorities have split Striped Woodhaunter into 'Eastern Woodhaunter' (Hyloctistes subulatus -- last two subspecies, both found east of the Andes) and 'Western Woodhaunter' (Hyloctistes virgatus -- first four subspecies from Central America and west of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador). These two groups are supposedly differing in voice.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests to foothills.

[edit] Behaviour

Search for invertebrates in clumps of dead leaves and other debris in epiphytes, vines, branches etc. Often with mixed species flocks.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

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