Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Epinecrophylla (8 species)

Epinecrophylla, a genus of Antwrens, specialize in extracting insects from dead leaves trapped in foliage. They may move in mixed flocks.


Rio Madeira Stipplethroat
Rio Madeira Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla amazonica) Male
Range: SA: c, sc Brazil and n Bolivia
Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat
Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla erythrura erythrura) Male
Range: SA: w Amazonia
Yasuní Research Station, Orellana province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to Rufous-backed Stipplethroat, but note throat plain or only slightly marked. Female overall brown with black on primary wing coverts.

Checker-throated Stipplethroat
Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla fulviventris) Male
Range: MA, SA: se Honduras to w Ecuador
Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha, Ecuador.  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Checker-throated Stipplethroat
Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla fulviventris) Female
Range: MA, SA: se Honduras to w Ecuador
Soberania National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male from front.

Brown-bellied Stipplethroat
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla gutturalis) Male
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Brown-bellied Stipplethroat
Brown-bellied Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla gutturalis) Female
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Rufous-backed Stipplethroat
Rufous-backed Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla haematonota haematonota) Male
Range: SA: se Colombia and s Venezuela to e Ecuador, n, e Peru and w Brazil
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.

This species is a remerge of the former Fulvous-throated Antwren, and includes the Yasuni Antwren. Note white throat stippled with black on male only. First called Stipple-throated Antwren.

White-eyed Stipplethroat
White-eyed Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma dissita)
Range: SA: s Amazonia
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru
  Seems like the eye is often brown; HBW writes this is age related.
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Ornate Stipplethroat
Ornate Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla ornata)
Range: SA: w, s Amazonia
Boca Pariamanu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Isabel Apkarian   © All Rights Reserved.


Foothill Stipplethroat
Foothill Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla spodionota spodionota) Male
Range: SA: s Colombia to c Peru
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia
  On male note greyish brown colors and white streaked throat.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Foothill Stipplethroat
Foothill Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla spodionota spodionota) Female
Range: SA: s Colombia to c Peru
Mocoa, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Unlike some antwrens in this genus, stays close to the ground. Illustrated with light-colored eye, but it is hard to see that.


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