Other Scientific Names
Percnostola macrolopha (Male)
Other Names (World)
White-lined Antbird, Rufous-crested Antbird
Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)
Size
14 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Hellmayr & Seilern, 1914)
Habitat
Understorey of seasonally flooded forest and transitional forest, usually characterised by the presence of Cecropia, Ochroma and Erythrina trees. From sea-level - 750 m, occasionally up to 1,450 m.
Extreme south-western Amazonian Brazil (western Acre), south-eastern Peru (eastern Junín, Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Puno) and north-western Bolivia (Pando, northern La Paz).
 
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 and degradation due to accelerating deforestation is the main threat.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
White-lined Antbird (Myrmoborus lophotes) [XC227459]
by a vicinal of Transacreana road, east of Acre, Brazil. from Manu Amazonia Lodge, Cuzco, Peru (song)
White-lined Antbird (Myrmoborus lophotes) [XC687018]
by id from Extrema, Bolivia (song)
Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Possibly closest to Black-headed Antbird (Percnostola rufifrons), or alternatively perhaps not closely related to any other members of genus. Original description of species almost certainly based on a subadult male, having female-like plumage. Adult male described much later, as a separate species "Percnostola macrolopha", and only relatively recently realized to be adult male of present species.