Imeri Warbling Antbird

Taxobox
name = Imeri Warbling Antbird


status = NR
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Thamnophilidae
genus = "Hypocnemis"
species = "H. flavescens "
binomial = "Hypocnemis flavescens"
binomial_authority = (Sclater, 1865)
synonyms = "Hypocnemis cantator flavescens"

The Imeri Warbling Antbird ("Hypocnemis flavescens") is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of "Hypocnemis cantator", but based on vocal differences and to a lesser degree differences in plumages it has been recommended treating them as separate species. As presently defined, the Imeri Warbling Antbird includes a single subspecies, "perflava".

The Imeri Warbling Antbird is found at lower levels in humid forest in southern Venezuela, south-eastern Colombia and north-western Brazil (west of the Branco River). Its conservation status has not been assessed by BirdLife International, but as it generally is common, it is unlikely to be threatened.

References

* Isler, Isler, & Whitney. 2007. "Species limits in antbirds (Thamnophilidae): The Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) complex." The Auk. 124(1): 11-28.
* Zimmer & Isler. 2003. Hypocnemis cantator (Warbling Antbird). Pp. 645 in del Hoyo, Elliott, & Christie. 2003. "Handbook of the Birds of the World." Vol. 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos. Lynx Edictions. Barcelona.
* [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop299.html Split Hypocnemis cantator by elevating H. flavescens, peruviana, subflava, ochrogyna and striata to species rank.] South American Classification Committee. Accessed 2008-06-27
* [http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/imeriwarblingantbird.html Imeri Warbling-Antbird.] arthurgrosset.com. Accessed 2008-06-27