Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor)

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1865)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 900 - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor) [XC245101]
by Niels Krabbe from Bosque La Meseta, Vereda San Jos\u00e9 de Suaita, Suaita, Santander, Colombia (call)

Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor) [XC831264]
by Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Loaiza B. from San Miguel de los Bancos (near Los Bancos), Los Bancos Canton, Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
Close relationship to Rio Suno Antwren (Myrmotherula sunensis) and Salvadori's Antwren (Myrmotherula minor) suggested by similarities in morphology, behaviour and vocalizations. Often grouped with those and White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris), Rio de Janeiro Antwren (Myrmotherula fluminensis), Rio Suno Antwren (Myrmotherula sunensis), Salvadori's Antwren (Myrmotherula minor), Ihering's Antwren (Myrmotherula iheringi), Plain-winged Antwren (Myrmotherula behni), Ashy Antwren (Myrmotherula grisea), Unicolored Antwren (Myrmotherula unicolor), Alagoas Antwren (Myrmotherula snowi), Long-winged Antwren (Myrmotherula longipennis), Band-tailed Antwren (Myrmotherula urosticta) and Grey Antwren (Myrmotherula menetriesii) as the "grey antwren assemblage", although this grouping possibly not monophyletic.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

schisticolor (Lawrence, 1865) - Extreme south-eastern Mexico (Chiapas) southern on lower mountain slopes (Caribbean slope north of Nicaragua, mostly Pacific slope in Panama) to Colombia (western and west-central Andes) and Ecuador (Pacific slope).
sanctaemartae Allen, JA, 1900 - North-eastern Colombia (Santa Marta Mts and Perij� Mts) and northern Venezuela (Perij� Mts, Andes and coastal range east to Sucre).
interior (Chapman, 1914) - Andes in Colombia (western slope of central range, eastern range, eastern slope of southern range) and on eastern slope south to Peru (south to Puno).

References
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