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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.
Placed in genus Automolus by Clements.
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
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Eastern Woodhaunter. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 January 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Eastern_Woodhaunter
