Yellow-breasted Antwarbler (Hypocnemis subflava)

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cabanis, 1873

Habitat
Understorey and middle storey forest edges in "terra firme" forest (with no flooding), transitional forest and "v�rzea" (seasonally flooded forest), as well as some tall secondary woodland. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia (B) (NB), Brazil (B) (NB), Peru (B) (NB).

Andean foothills in east-central Peru (Hu�nuco south to Cuzco).

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 (6)...)

Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis subflava) [XC436376]
by Dante Buzzetti from Ramal do Noca, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil (song)

Yellow-breasted Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis subflava) [XC301864]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from APA Igarap\u00e9 S\u00e3o Francisco, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Hypocnemis cantator (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993; Stotz et al. 1996) has been split into Guianan Antwarbler (Hypocnemis cantator), Imeri Antwarbler (Hypocnemis flavescens), Peruvian Antwarbler (Hypocnemis peruviana), Yellow-breasted Antwarbler (Hypocnemis subflava), Rondonia Antwarbler (Hypocnemis ochrogyna) and Spix's Antwarbler (Hypocnemis striata) following SACC (2007).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Guianan Antwarbler (Hypocnemis cantator).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

collinsi Cherrie, 1916 - Southern Peru (south-eastern Ucayali, eastern Cuzco, Madre de Dios, Puno), extreme south-western Amazonian Brazil (Acre) and west-central Bolivia (Pando, La Paz, western Beni, Cochabamba).
subflava Cabanis, 1873 - Andean foothills in east-central Peru (Hu�nuco south to Cuzco). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Yellow-breasted Antwarbler (Hypocnemis subflava).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-breasted Antwarbler (Hypocnemis subflava) - 10 files

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