Dot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus)

Other Scientific Names
Hylophylax punctulata [BirdLife International (2004)], Hylophylax punctulata [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Hylophylax punctulata [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Des Murs, 1856)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical Swamp forest. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Venezuela.

Southern Venezuela (Amazonas, and R Caura drainage in Bol��var), French Guiana (two locations), south-eastern Colombia (Meta, Caquet�), eastern Ecuador (locally Sucumbios south to Pastaza), north-eastern and south-eastern Peru (Loreto, southern Madre de Dios), western and southern Amazonian Brazil (Roraima, Amazonas, Par� south of R Amazon and east to R Tocantins and R Araguaia, Rond�nia, northern Mato Grosso) and northern and eastern Bolivia (lower R Beni drainage in Pando and Beni, also extreme north-eastern Santa Cruz).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (42)...)

Dot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus) [XC258493]
by John V. Moore from Orellana: Laguna A\u00f1angu ('Napo Wildlife Center'), s-bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call, song, calls, songs)

Dot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax punctulatus) [XC260810]
by Ross Gallardy from Sucumb\u00edos: 'La Selva Jungle Lodge', n bank R\u00edo Napo, Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
Close relationship with Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides) and Spot-backed Antbird (Hylophylax naevius) suggested by morphology, vocalizations and nest architecture. Birds from central of range (R Madeira east to R Xing�) described as subspecies subochraceus, but appear to intergrade with other populations over wide region south of R Amazon.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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