Habitat
Understorey and middle storey forest edges in "terra firme" forest (with no flooding), transitional forest and "várzea" (seasonally flooded forest), as well as some tall secondary woodland. From sea-level - 1,300 m.
Imeri Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis flavescens) [XC89511]
by Ottavio Janni from S\u00e3o Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas, Brazil (call)
Imeri Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis flavescens) [XC758738]
by Jeremy Minns from Finca El Mirador, Vereda La Esperanza, La Macarena, Meta, Colombia (song)
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Guianan Antwarbler (Hypocnemis cantator).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
flavescens Sclater, PL, 1865 - Southern Venezuela (western and southern Bolívar, Amazonas), extreme north-western Amazonian Brazil (upper R Negro drainage and northern Roraima) and east-central Colombia (Guainía, Vaupés, northern Caquetá). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Imeri Antwarbler (Hypocnemis flavescens).
perflava Pinto, 1966 - Central Roraima (northern Brazil).