Other Names (World)
Amazonian Woodhaunter, Striped Woodhaunter, Striped Foliage-gleaner, Striped Leaf-gleaner, Western Woodhaunter (subspecies north and west of Andes), Eastern Woodhaunter (subspecies east of Andes)
Eastern Woodhaunter (Automolus subulatus) [XC297253]
by Tuomas Seimola from Nangaritza, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (song)
Eastern Woodhaunter (Automolus subulatus) [XC423720]
by Jerome Fischer from Porto Velho, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Included in genus Philydor by some authors. Vocal differences accompanied by marked plumage differences between trans-Andean and cis-Andean populations indicate that two species are almost certainly involved.
The following 6 subspecies are recognised:
nicaraguae (Spix, 1824) - Eastern Nicaragua. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Western Woodhaunter (Automolus virgatus).
virgatus (Lawrence, 1867) - Costa Rica and western Panama (east to Veraguas). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Western Woodhaunter (Automolus virgatus).
assimilis (Berlepsch and Taczanowski, 1884) - Eastern Panama (western from eastern Colon) and western Colombia south to western Ecuador (south to north-western Azuay and El Oro). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Western Woodhaunter (Automolus virgatus).
cordobae Meyer de Schauensee, 1960 - North-western Colombia (Antioquia, southern Córdoba, and southern in Magdalena Valley to Boyacá). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Western Woodhaunter (Automolus virgatus).
subulatus (Spix, 1824) - Southern Venezuela (Amazonas, southern Bolívar), south-eastern Colombia (southern from southern Meta and Vaupés), eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Amazonian Brazil (east to R Negro and, south of Amazon, to Pará) and northern Bolivia (south to La Paz and Beni).
lemae (Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1960) - South-eastern Venezuela (Sierra de Lema, in south-eastern Bolívar).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet