Family Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Least Concern
Northern Rufous-winged Antwren (Herpsilochmus scapularis)
Taxonomy
French: Grisin de Wied German: Rotschwingen-Ameisenfänger Spanish: Tiluchí alirrufo norteño
Taxonomy:
Myiothera scapularis
Wied
, 1831,Bahia
.
Subspecies and Distribution
H. s. exiguus
Nelson, 1912 – E Panama (E Panamá Province, Darién), NW Colombia (Córdoba, Bolívar) and W Ecuador (Esmeraldas, S Pichincha, N Los Ríos).
H. s. frater
P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1880 – N & S Colombia (base of E Andes in La Guajira, Boyacá, Meta, Putumayo) S to E Peru and N Bolivia (Pando and La Paz E to Santa Cruz), also N & S Venezuela (Zulia E to Monagas, and Bolívar and N Amazonas), extreme S Guyana, C Suriname#R, and extreme N & SC Amazonian Brazil (N Roraima, and from S Pará and W Maranhão SW to Rondônia and N Mato Grosso).
H. s. scapularis
(Wied, 1831) – E Brazil (coastal Paraíba S to Alagoas, and in E Bahia, E Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo).
Descriptive notes
10–12·5 cm; 10–12·5 g. Both sexes are very similar to those of the formerly conspecific H. rufimarginatus (which see), differing only very marginally in plumage, by... read more
Voice
Loudsong of race exiguous short (e.g. 1·3 seconds) but complex, starts with flat,... read more
Habitat
Lowland and foothill forests and forest borders, to 1500 m (1600 m in NE Colombia); throughout... read more
Food and feeding
Little published, and much of following based on unpublished observations by authors of H. rufimarginatus account. Feeds on... read more
Breeding
Nothing known.
Movements
None recorded; presumed resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Considered to be fairly common to common throughout most of range. Only recently discovered in Guyana (1998) and Suriname (Jun 2003... read more
Hitherto treated as conspecific with H. rufimarginatus (which see). Vocal differences among races minor#R. Three subspecies currently recognized.