Biology:White-eyed antwren

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White-eyed antwren
Epinecrophylla leucophthalma - White-eyed antwren (female).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Epinecrophylla
Species:
E. leucophthalma
Binomial name
Epinecrophylla leucophthalma
(Pelzeln, 1868)
Subspecies

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The white-eyed antwren or white-eyed stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil , and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

The white-eyed antwren was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given the binomial name Formicivora leucophthalma.[1]

There are four subspecies:[2]

  • E. l. dissita (Bond, 1950)[3] - Bolivia and Peru
  • E. l. leucophthalma (Pelzeln, 1868)[1] - Bolivia, Brazil , and Peru
  • E. l. phaeonota (Todd, 1927)[4] - Brazil
  • E. l. sordida (Todd, 1927)[5] - Brazil

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 von Pelzeln, August (1868). "Formicivora leucophthalma Pelzeln. N. 806" (in German, Latin). Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens : Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835. Volume 2. Wien: A. Pichler's Witwe & Sohn. pp. 83, 155. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2941321. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/antbirds/. Retrieved 23 February 2018. 
  3. Bond, James (1950). "Notes on Peruvian Formicariidae". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 102: 10–11. 
  4. Todd, Clyde (1927). "New Gnateaters and Antbirds from Tropical America, with a Revision of the Genus Myrmeciza and its Allies". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40: 157. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34550847. 
  5. Todd, Clyde (1927). "New Gnateaters and Antbirds from Tropical America, with a Revision of the Genus Myrmeciza and its Allies". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 40: 156. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34550846. 

Further reading

  • Isler, M., D. Lacerda, P. Isler, S. Hackett, K. Rosenberg, and R. Brumfield (2006). Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 522-527

Wikidata ☰ Q1266563 entry