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Western Woodhaunter
Photo by Stanley Jones
Location: Rio Silanche Santuary near Mindo, Ecuador. West-slope of the Andes

Automolus virgatus

Distribution

Central America and South America west of the Andes: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Taxonomy

Eastern Woodhaunter and Western Woodhaunter were formerly considered one species under the name of Striped Woodhaunter.

Placed in genus Hyloctistes in the past.

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

• A. s. nicaraguae: Caribbean lowlands of eastern Nicaragua
• A. s. virgatus: lowlands of Costa Rica and western Panama
• A. s. assimilis: extreme eastern Panama (Darién) to western Colombia and western Ecuador
• A. s. cordobae: northwest Colombia

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Western Woodhaunter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Western_Woodhaunter

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