Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus) [XC600253]
by Peter de Rouw from Reserva Buenaventura (western access track), Pi\u00f1as, El Oro, Ecuador (call, song)
Brownish Twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus) [XC345131]
by Kent Livezey from rio Madeira, Porto Velho, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Affinities uncertain. Toe structure suggests relationship to family Pipridae. A new species (Rufous Twistwing (Cnipodectes superrufus)) recently discovered in south-eastern Peru appears to belong to this hitherto monospecific genus. Subspecies poorly differentiated. Birds from eastern Panama and north-western Colombia sometimes separated as subspecies panamensis, but no visible differences in plumage from nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
subbrunneus (Sclater, 1860) - Eastern Panama, western Colombia and western Ecuador.
minor Sclater, PL, 1884 - Western Amazon from Colombia and eastern Ecuador south to Peru, western Brazil and north-western Bolivia.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet