Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela.
Eastern Venezuela (Bolívar east of R Caroní), the Guianas and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil (east of R Branco and lower R Negro).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status NT
Habitat destruction through deforestation due to logging, mining, human colonisation and subsistence agriculture, is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
A short, evenly paced series of harsh downslurred notes, increasing in intensity and decreasing in pitch. Other brief, harsh vocalisations known.
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla gutturalis) [XC492274]
by Brice de la Croix from Montsin\u00e9ry, sentier du bagne des Annamites, French Guiana (song)
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla gutturalis) [XC495196]
by Brice de la Croix from Km 19, road D6, Roura, French Guiana (song)
Subspecies
Genetic, morphological and behavioural analyses indicate that this species is part of a monophyletic group that also includes Checker-throated Antwren (Epinecrophylla fulviventris), White-eyed Antwren (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma), Foothill Antwren (Epinecrophylla spodionota), Western Stipple-throated Antwren (Epinecrophylla haematonota), Yasuni Antwren (Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai), Western Ornate Antwren (Epinecrophylla ornata) and Rufous-tailed Antwren (Epinecrophylla erythrura) (the "stipple-throated antwren assemblage"), and which may not be closely related to other species placed in the genus.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet