Other Scientific Names
Schiffornis turdinus [BirdLife International (2004)], Schiffornis turdinus [Stotz et al. (1996)], Schiffornis turdinus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]
Other Names (World)
Brown-winged Mourner, Thrush-like Schiffornis, Thrush-like Mourner, Thrush Mourner, Thrush-like Manakin, Brown Mourner (veraepacis), Brown Manakin (veraepacis), Brown Schiffornis (veraepacis), Brown-winged Schiffornis
Brown-winged Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina) [XC608882]
by Fabrice Schmitt from 1km from Nanay River, near Mishana, Peru (song)
Brown-winged Schiffornis (Schiffornis turdina) [XC608883]
by Jacob Wijpkema from 1km from Nanay River, near Mishana, Peru (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Greenish Schiffornis (Schiffornis virescens). Subspecies probably constitute more than one species, but critical studies not yet undertaken.
The following 13 subspecies are recognised:
veraepacis (Sclater & Salvin, 1860) - Caribbean slope from south-eastern Mexico south to Nicaragua, and both slopes in Costa Rica. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Northern Mourner (Schiffornis veraepacis).
dumicola (Bangs, 1903) - Western and central Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Northern Mourner (Schiffornis veraepacis).
panamensis Hellmayr, 1929 - Lowlands of central and eastern Panama and north-western Colombia (northern Chocó, western Córdoba). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Russet-winged Mourner (Schiffornis stenorhyncha).
acrolophites Wetmore, 1972 - Extreme eastern Panama (Cerro Tacarcuna) and adjacent highland areas of north-western Colombia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Northern Mourner (Schiffornis veraepacis).
rosenbergi (Hartert, 1898) - Pacific slope from western Colombia south to extreme north-western Peru (Tumbes). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Northern Mourner (Schiffornis veraepacis).
stenorhyncha (P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1869) - Northern and north-eastern Colombia and northern Venezuela (Zulia east to Aragua). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Russet-winged Mourner (Schiffornis stenorhyncha).
olivacea (Ridgway, 1906) - South-eastern Venezuela and Guyana. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Olivaceous Mourner (Schiffornis olivacea).
aenea J. T. Zimmer, 1936 - Eastern slope of eastern Andes in Ecuador and adjacent northern Peru. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Foothill Mourner (Schiffornis aenea).
amazonum (Sclater, PL, 1861) - Lowlands from extreme eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela south to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru and north-western and western Brazil (east to R Negro and north-western Mato Grosso).
wallacii (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1867) - Surinam, French Guiana and eastern Amazonian Brazil (lower R Negro east to Amapá and, south of Amazon, from R Tapajós and lower R Teles Pires east to Maranhío).
steinbachi Todd, 1928 - South-eastern Peru and northern Bolivia.
intermedia Pinto, 1954 - Eastern Brazil (Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas).
turdina (Wied, 1831) - South-eastern Brazil (southern Bahia south to Espírito Santo).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet