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Photo by Anselmo d Affonseca
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, July 2015

Hylopezus macularius

Distribution

Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies recognized:

• H. m. dilutus in southeast Colombia, south Venezuela and northeast Peru
• H. m. macularius in eastern Venezuela, the Guianans and northeast Brazil

Alta Floresta Antpitta and Snethlage's Antpitta were formerly included in this species.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

References

1. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
2. 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/
3. Birdforum thread discussing the taxonomy of Spotted Antpitta

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Spotted Antpitta. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Spotted_Antpitta

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