Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax castanea)

Other Names (World)
Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird, Zimmer's Antbird

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Zimmer, 1932)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry and moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,350 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador (B), Peru (B).

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 LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (61)...)

Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax castanea) [XC251207]
by Niels Krabbe from Zamora-Chinchipe: above 'Caba\u00f1as Yankuam' 2 km S Las Orchideas, Nangaritza Valley, Ecuador (duet, song)

Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax castanea) [XC12300]
by David Geale from Caba\u00f1as Yankuam, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Myrmeciza hemimelaena (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena) and Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax castanea) following SACC (2005).

Genus appears not to represent a monophyletic grouping, but traditional arrangement maintained pending further phylogenetic study. Closely related to Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax hemimelaena) and until very recently considered conspecific, but differs in, particularly, voice. Racial identity of northern populations in southern Colombia (Putumayo) and at lower elevations in eastern Ecuador (Napo) uncertain, but probably belong to centunculorum.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

centunculorum (Isler, ML et al., 2002) - Extreme southern Colombia (Putumayo), eastern Ecuador (Napo, Pastaza) and north-eastern Peru (Loreto).
castanea (Zimmer, 1932) - South-eastern Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) and northern Peru (San Mart��n).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird (Sciaphylax castanea) - 10 files

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