Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Morona, Loreto
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Pastaza, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Napo, Ecuador
Status: The Brown-backed Antwren is rare and poorly known in a restricted area in northern Loreto. It appears not to range as far west as the foothill of the Andes. The Brown-backed Antwren also occurs in Ec.
Name in Spanish: Hormiguerito de Dorso Pardo.
Sub-species: Brown-backed Antwren (Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai), (Krabbe, M. L. Isler, P. R. Isler, Whitney, Alvarez, and Greenfield), 1999.
Meaning of Name: Epinecrophylla: Gr. Epi= on, nekros= dead and phullon= leaf. In reference to search for insects on dead hanging leaves. fjeldsaai: In honor of Prof. Jon Fjeldså (b. 1942) Danish ornithologist, Curator of Zoological Mus. Copenhagen, systematist, biogeographer, artist.

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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 03/01/2017.
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