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[[Image:Western_Woodhaunter.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Western Woodhaunter<br>Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br>Location: Rio Silanche Santuary near Mindo, [[Ecuador]]. West-slope of the Andes]]
 
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[[Image:Western_Woodhaunter.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Western Woodhaunter<br>Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br>Location: Rio Silanche Santuary near Mindo, [[Ecuador]]. West-slope of the Andes]]
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'''Includes Eastern Woodhaunter & Western Woodhaunter'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Ecuador]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Panama]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].  
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]: <br />
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[[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], and [[Venezuela]].  
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Some authorities have split Striped Woohaunter into 'Eastern Woodhaunter' (Hyloctistes subulatus) and 'Western Woodhaunter' (Hyloctistes virgatus)
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Six subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''H. s. nicaraguae''
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*''H. s. virgatus''
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*''H. s. assimilis''
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*''H. s. cordobae''
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*''H. s. lemae''
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*''H. s. subulatus''
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Some authorities have split Striped Woodhaunter into 'Eastern Woodhaunter' (''Hyloctistes subulatus'' -- last two subspecies, both found east of the Andes) and 'Western Woodhaunter' (''Hyloctistes virgatus'' -- first four subspecies from Central America and west of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador). These two groups are supposedly differing in voice.
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist lowland forests and montanes.
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Moist lowland forests to foothills.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Search for invertebrates in clumps of dead leaves and other debris in epiphytes, vines, branches etc. Often with mixed species flocks.
  
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}# Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156 
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Hyloctistes+subulatus}}
 
{{GSearch|Hyloctistes+subulatus}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hyloctistes]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hyloctistes]]

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

Includes Eastern Woodhaunter & Western Woodhaunter

Identification

Distribution

Central and South America:
Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Six subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • H. s. nicaraguae
  • H. s. virgatus
  • H. s. assimilis
  • H. s. cordobae
  • H. s. lemae
  • H. s. subulatus

Some authorities have split Striped Woodhaunter into 'Eastern Woodhaunter' (Hyloctistes subulatus -- last two subspecies, both found east of the Andes) and 'Western Woodhaunter' (Hyloctistes virgatus -- first four subspecies from Central America and west of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador). These two groups are supposedly differing in voice.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests to foothills.

Behaviour

Search for invertebrates in clumps of dead leaves and other debris in epiphytes, vines, branches etc. Often with mixed species flocks.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

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