Foothill Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla spodionota) [XC249959]
by Niels Krabbe from Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutuc\u00fa: Uuntsuants, Ecuador (call, calls)
Foothill Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla) [XC98025]
by Hans Matheve from Wildsumaco, 5km NW Guagua Sumaco, Napo, Ecuador (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Western Stipple-throated Antwren (Epinecrophylla haematonota), which formerly considered conspecific, and with Yasuni Antwren (Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai). Genetic, morphological and behavioural analyses indicate that all three are part of a monophyletic group that also includes Brown-bellied Antwren (Epinecrophylla gutturalis), Checker-throated Antwren (Epinecrophylla fulviventris), White-eyed Antwren (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma), 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.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
spodionota Sclater & Salvin, 1880 - Eastern Andean slope from southern Colombia (Cauca, Caquetá) south to northern Peru (Amazonas north of R Marañón).
sororia (von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894) - Eastern slope in Peru south of R Marañón (San Martín south to Madre de Dios).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet