Other Scientific Names
Hylophylax punctulata [BirdLife International (2004)], Hylophylax punctulata [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Hylophylax punctulata [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela.
Southern Venezuela (Amazonas, and R Caura drainage in Bolívar), French Guiana (two locations), south-eastern Colombia (Meta, Caquetá), eastern Ecuador (locally Sucumbios south to Pastaza), north-eastern and south-eastern Peru (Loreto, southern Madre de Dios), western and southern Amazonian Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas, Pará south of R Amazon and east to R Tocantins and R Araguaia, Rondônia, northern Mato Grosso) and northern and eastern Bolivia (lower R Beni drainage in Pando and Beni, also extreme north-eastern Santa Cruz).
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).
Dot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus) [XC258491]
by John V. Moore from Sucumb\u00edos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (song)
Dot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus) [XC474825]
by Jerome Fischer from Sani Lodge, Sucumb\u00edos, Ecuador (song)
Subspecies
Close relationship with Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides) and Spot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax naevius) suggested by morphology, vocalizations and nest architecture. Birds from central of range (R Madeira east to R Xingú) described as subspecies subochraceus, but appear to intergrade with other populations over wide region south of R Amazon.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet