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Alternative name: Napo Stipple-throated Antwren
- Epinecrophylla haematonota
Myrmotherula haematonota
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.
Distribution
From eastern Peru south of the Amazon and west of the Napo to western Brazil (western Amazonas, Acre).
Taxonomy
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
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects and spiders.
References
- 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/
- 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
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2016. IOC World Bird Names (version 6.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous-backed Stipplethroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-backed_Stipplethroat
