Foothill Antwren

Foothill Antwren
Foothill Antwren
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Epinecrophylla
Species: E. spodionota
Binomial name
Epinecrophylla spodionota
(Sclater & Salvin, 1880)
Synonyms

Myrmotherula spodionota

The Foothill Antwren (Epinecrophylla spodionota) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

References

  • BirdLife International 2004. Myrmotherula spodionota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
  • Isler, M., D. Lacerda, P. Isler, S. Hackett, K. Rosenberg, and R. Brumfield (2006). Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 522-527