Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Digitally adapted
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Escondida, Colombia
Status: The Foothill Stiplethroat (Epinecrophylla spodionota) is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 700-1500 m. It also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Hormiguerito Submontano.
Sub-species: Foothill Stiplethroat (Epinecrophylla spodionota) (Epinecrophylla spodionota spodionota), (P. L. Sclater and Salvin), 1880. E Andean slope from S Colombia (Cauca, Caquetá) S to N Peru (Amazonas N of R Marañón).
(Epinecrophylla spodionota sororia), (Berlepsch and Stolzmann), 1894. E slope in Peru S of R Marañón (San Martín S to Madre de Dios).
Meaning of Name: Epinecrophylla: Gr. Epi= on, nekros= dead and phullon= leaf. In reference to search for insects on dead hanging leaves. spodionota: Gr. Spodios= ash-coloured and notos, noton= backed, back.

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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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