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;[[:Category:Schistocichla|Schistocichla]] saturata
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==Identification==
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14.5 cm,  Long bill, dusky legs, slate gray above, pale gray below, black wing coverts with 2 rows of small white dots, brown primaries.  Female - gray head, brown back, dark brown wings with 3 rows of buff spots, buff throat, orange rufous underparts.
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==Distribution==
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[[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]], and [[Guyana]].
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==Taxonomy==
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Split from [[Spot-winged Antbird]].<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>
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''S. saturata'' has two subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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*''S. s. saturata''
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:*Extreme south-eastern [[Venezuela]] and adjacent [[Guyana]] (Mount Roraima environs)
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*''S. s. obscura''
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:* Tepuis of south-eastern [[Venezuela]] and adjacent [[Brazil]]
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==Habitat==
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Moist lowland and montane forests.
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==Behaviour==
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec10}}#[http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~remsen/SACCprop240.html Proposal for SACC split]
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==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Schistocichla+saturata}}
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Schistocichla saturata

Identification

14.5 cm, Long bill, dusky legs, slate gray above, pale gray below, black wing coverts with 2 rows of small white dots, brown primaries. Female - gray head, brown back, dark brown wings with 3 rows of buff spots, buff throat, orange rufous underparts.

Distribution

Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana.

Taxonomy

Split from Spot-winged Antbird.[2]

S. saturata has two subspecies:[1]

  • S. s. saturata
  • Extreme south-eastern Venezuela and adjacent Guyana (Mount Roraima environs)
  • S. s. obscura


Habitat

Moist lowland and montane forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Proposal for SACC split

External Links

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