Lineated Foliage-gleaner - BirdForum Opus

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Dapa, Valle de Cauca, Colombia, September 2013

Syndactyla subalaris

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: occurs only in Costa Rica and Panama
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 7 subspecies^[1]:

• S. s. lineata:

• Subtropical Costa Rica and western Panama

• S. s. tacarcunae:

• Mountains of eastern Panama (Darién )

• S. s. subalaris:

• Western and central Andes of Colombia and western Ecuador

• S. s. striolata:

• Eastern Andes of Colombia and Andes of western Venezuela

• S. s. mentalis:

• Subtropical eastern Ecuador

• S. s. colligata:

• Subtropical north-western Peru (Cajamarca)

• S. s. ruficrissa:

• Subtropical central Peru (Junín)

An additional subspecies olivacea is not recognised by all authorities^[2].

Habitat

Moist montane forest and forest edges.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

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