Alternative name: Foothill Antwren
- Epinecrophylla spodionota
Myrmotherula spodionota
Identification
Grey to brown with black wing coverts tipped pale producing 2-3 wing bands. Male has black throat with white spotting. Both have pale eyes.
Similar Species
Several of the congeners similar but has rufous tones to the brown which this species lacks.
Distribution
North-western South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru east of the Andes.
Taxonomy
Placed in genus Epinecrophylla by Clements (2010)[1] and Gill and Donsker (2010)[3], and in genus Myrmotherula by Dickinson (2003)[2].
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- E. s. spodionota:
- E. s. sororia:
- Eastern Peru (south of River Marañón from San Martín to Madre de Dios)
Habitat
Found at an elevational range of 500-1600 m asl inhabiting understory of forests.
Behaviour
Found together with mixed species flocks when feeding on insects and similar invertebrates.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://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, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v11.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Zimmer, K. and M.L. Isler (2020). Foothill Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla spodionota), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.fooant1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Foothill Stipplethroat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Foothill_Stipplethroat
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
