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'''Alternative name: Napo Stipple-throated Antwren'''
 
'''Alternative name: Napo Stipple-throated Antwren'''
[[Image:Rufous-backed Antwren male.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo of Male by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Tarapoto, San Martín, [[Peru]], December 2016]]
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[[Image:Rufous-backed Antwren male.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Tarapoto, San Martín, [[Peru]], December 2016]]
 
;[[:Category:Epinecrophylla|Epinecrophylla]] haematonota
 
;[[:Category:Epinecrophylla|Epinecrophylla]] haematonota
 
''Myrmotherula haematonota''<br />
 
''Myrmotherula haematonota''<br />
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Brown above with a rufous-chestnut back. It has three wing-bars formed by white dots in the case of the male and buff spots in the female. Underparts are grey to brown and the throat is black with white spots.
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10·5–11 cm (4-4½ in)<br />
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Brown above with a rufous-chestnut back.<br />
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It has three wing-bars formed by white dots in the case of the male and buff spots in the female. Underparts are grey to brown and the throat is black with white spots.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
From eastern [[Peru]] south of the Amazon and west of the Napo to western [[Brazil]] (western Amazonas, Acre).
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[[South America]]: From eastern [[Peru]] south of the Amazon and west of the Napo to western [[Brazil]] (western Amazonas, Acre).
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
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[[Image:Rufous-backed Antwren South of Tarapoto female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br />Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, December 2016]]
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Placed in genus [[:Category:Epinecrophylla|Epinecrophylla]] by Clements (2010)<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> and Gill and Donsker (2010)<sup>[[#References|[3]]]</sup>, and in genus [[:Category:Myrmotherula|Myrmotherula]] by Dickinson (2003)<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 
Placed in genus [[:Category:Epinecrophylla|Epinecrophylla]] by Clements (2010)<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> and Gill and Donsker (2010)<sup>[[#References|[3]]]</sup>, and in genus [[:Category:Myrmotherula|Myrmotherula]] by Dickinson (2003)<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist lowland forests.
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They are to be found in the understory of lowland evergreen forests. Observed in xerophytic scrub at about 270 m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
The diet includes insects and spiders.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists of insects and spiders.
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#{{Ref-HM03Cor7}}#{{Ref-GillDonsker15V6.1}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
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#BF Member observations
 
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==

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Alternative name: Napo Stipple-throated Antwren

Male
Photo by Stanley Jones
Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, December 2016
Epinecrophylla haematonota

Myrmotherula haematonota

Identification

10·5–11 cm (4-4½ in)
Brown above with a rufous-chestnut back.
It has three wing-bars formed by white dots in the case of the male and buff spots in the female. Underparts are grey to brown and the throat is black with white spots.

Distribution

South America: From eastern Peru south of the Amazon and west of the Napo to western Brazil (western Amazonas, Acre).

Taxonomy

Female
Photo by Stanley Jones
Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, December 2016

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Fulvous-throated Antwren and Madeira Antwren under the name Stipple-throated Antwren.
Placed in genus Epinecrophylla by Clements (2010)[1] and Gill and Donsker (2010)[3], and in genus Myrmotherula by Dickinson (2003)[2].

Habitat

They are to be found in the understory of lowland evergreen forests. Observed in xerophytic scrub at about 270 m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects and spiders.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to December 2007 (Corrigenda 7). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
  3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  4. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
  5. BF Member observations

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