Double-banded Greytail (Xenerpestes minlosi)

Other Names (World)
Double-banded Greytail, Double-banded Graytail, Double-banded Softtail

Family
Furnariidae (Ovenbirds)

Size
10.50 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Berlepsch, 1886

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador, Panama.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Double-banded Greytail (Xenerpestes minlosi) [XC60680]
by Mitch Lysinger from Cerro Pirre trail, Darien Province, Panama (call)

Double-banded Greytail (Xenerpestes minlosi) [XC260660]
by Mitch Lysinger from Pichincha: 9.5 km NW of Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Ecuador (duet)

Subspecies
Relationships of genus unclear. Plumage, nest architecture and placement, and voice suggest possible relationship to Acrobatornis. Sometimes treated as forming a superspecies with Equatorial Greytail (Xenerpestes singularis), the two differing in elevational distribution.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

umbraticus Wetmore, 1951 - Eastern Panama (Dari�n), western Colombia (Caribbean lowlands east to R Sinu, and Pacific lowlands) and north-western Ecuador (Esmeraldas, north-western Pichincha).
minlosi Berlepsch, 1886 - Caribbean lowlands of Colombia east to middle Magdalena Valley (north-western Santander, western Boyac�).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Double-banded Greytail (Xenerpestes minlosi) - 10 files

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