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[[Image:Dot-backed_antbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Momo|Momo}}<br />La Selva Lodge, [[Ecuador]]]]
 
;[[: Category:Hylophylax|Hylophylax]] punctulatus
 
;[[: Category:Hylophylax|Hylophylax]] punctulatus
[[Image:Dot-backed_antbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Momo|Momo}}<br>Location:  La Selva Lodge, [[Ecuador]]]]
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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*Brown grey and white face
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*Small spots on back
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*Black tail
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*Pink legs
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and the [[Guianas]]<sup>[[#References|3]]</sup> to [[Brazil]] and [[Bolivia]].  
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[[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and the [[Guianas]]<sup>[[#References|3]]</sup> to [[Brazil]] and [[Bolivia]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> considers this a monotypic species, while others (Restall<sup>[[#References|3]]</sup>, H&M<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>?) recognize both ''punctulatus'' and ''subochraceus''.
 
Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> considers this a monotypic species, while others (Restall<sup>[[#References|3]]</sup>, H&M<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>?) recognize both ''punctulatus'' and ''subochraceus''.
  
The scientific name has previously (erroneously) been ''Hylophylax punctulata''.
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The scientific name has previously (erroneously) been spelt ''Hylophylax punctulata''.
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[[Image:Dot-backed antbird female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Momo|Momo}}<br />La Selva Lodge, [[Ecuador]], January 2009]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Tropical rainforest, swamps.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Voice''': ''free beer''!
 
==References==
 
==References==
# Clements, James F. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HM03Cor8}}#Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
# Dickinson, Edward C. (ed.). 2003. ''The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World''. 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691117010
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#Arthur Grosset
# Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
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#Wikipedia
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Hylophylax+punctulat}}
 
{{GSearch|Hylophylax+punctulat}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Hylophylax]]

Latest revision as of 19:54, 9 January 2012

Male
Photo by Momo
La Selva Lodge, Ecuador
Hylophylax punctulatus

Identification

  • Brown grey and white face
  • Small spots on back
  • Black tail
  • Pink legs

Distribution

Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas3 to Brazil and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Clements1 considers this a monotypic species, while others (Restall3, H&M2?) recognize both punctulatus and subochraceus.

The scientific name has previously (erroneously) been spelt Hylophylax punctulata.

Female
Photo by Momo
La Selva Lodge, Ecuador, January 2009

Habitat

Tropical rainforest, swamps.

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Voice: free beer!

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
  3. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
  4. Arthur Grosset
  5. Wikipedia

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