Rio Madeira Stipplethroat

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Female
Photo by Luiz
Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2017

Alternative name: Madeira Stipple-throated Antwren

Epinecrophylla amazonica

Includes Roosevelt Antwren

Distribution

From southeastern Peru and northern Bolivia to south central Amazonian Brazil.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

• E. a. amazonica

• southeastern Peru, northern Bolivia and south central Amazonian Brazil (west of the Madeira River) and northern Bolivia (Pando)

• E. a. dentei

• south central Amazonian Brazil, between the Madeira/Ji-Paraná rivers and the Aripuanã River - originally described as full species, Roosevelt Antwren

Formerly considered conspecific with Rufous-backed Antwren and Fulvous-throated Antwren under the name Stipple-throated Antwren.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

The diet includes 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 6.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rio Madeira Stipplethroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rio_Madeira_Stipplethroat

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