Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Epinecrophylla (5 species, 8 worldwide)

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


Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat
Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla erythrura erythrura) Male
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
Rio Silanche Bird Sanctuary, Pichincha, Ecuador.  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Checker-throated Stipplethroat
Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla fulviventris) Female
Soberania National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Male from front.

Rufous-backed Stipplethroat
Rufous-backed Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla haematonota haematonota) Male
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.

Ornate Stipplethroat
Ornate Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla ornata)
Boca Pariamanu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Isabel Apkarian   © All Rights Reserved.


Foothill Stipplethroat
Foothill Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla spodionota spodionota) Male
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
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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