- Isleria hauxwelli
Identification
This bird has a plain throat; the male has black wings with 2 white wing bars, white tips to the tertials and to its tail. The female is olive brown with buff wing bars, and is cinnamon below with a pale throat.
Distribution
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized[1]:
- I. h. suffusa
- I. h. hauxwelli
- I. h. hellmayri
Formerly placed in genus Myrmotherula.
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
This bird stays fairly close to the ground, at least if Pygmy Antwren or Moustached Antwren is found in the same area.
References
- 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.
- Morton & Stutchbury (2001): Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds. Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-675556-6
- Birdforum thread discussing the new genus Isleria
