Warbling Antbird
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The Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
Recent work has documented distinctive vocal differences within this group, suggesting it would be appropriate to split it into six species:
- Guianan Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator, with subspecies notaeae).
- Imeri Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis flavescens, with subspecies perflava).
- Peruvian Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis peruviana, with subspecies saturata).
- Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis subflava, with subspecies collinsi).
- Rondonia Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis ochrogyna).
- Spix's Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis striata, with subspecies implicata and affinis).
These are almost entirely allopatric (separated by major rivers), although H. cantator and H. flavescens are locally parapatric and limited sympatry has been documented between H. peruviana and H. subflava.
[edit] Source
- BirdLife International 2004. Hypocnemis cantator. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
- Isler, M., P. Isler, and B. Whitney (2007). Species limits in Antbirds (Thamnophilidae): The Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) complex. Auk 124(1): 11-28.
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