Order: Passeriformes | Family: Polioptilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Brasil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Carajas, Brasil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Brasil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Southeast Brasil
Status: The Trilling Gnatwren is uncommon to rare in thick and viny midstory of the Amazonian lowlands. It also occurs in similar micro-habitat in the semi-deciduous forest of extreme northwest Peru. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Soterillo Trinador.
Sub-species: Trilling Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus) Vieillot, 1819.
R. m. rufiventris: W Ecuador, and NW Peru (Tumbes).
R. m. badius: SE Ecuador to NE Peru (north of Río Marañón).
R. m. amazonum: E Peru (right bank of upper Río Ucayali) and adjacent NW Brazil.
Meaning of Name: Ramphocaenus: Gr. rhamphos= beak, and kainos= odd. melanurus: Gr. melas= black, oura= tail. A bird with a strange bill and black tail.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo), The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 10/18/2014.