Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil | Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Manaus, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Sucumbios, Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Manaus, Brazil
Status: The Long-winged Antwren is fairly common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 900 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Hormiguerito de Ala Larga.
Sub-species: Long-winged Antwren (Myrmotherula longipennis longipennis), Pelzeln, 1868. S Venezuela (Bolívar, Amazonas), the Guianas, N Amazonian Brazil (E to Amapá), SE Colombia, extreme NE Ecuador (N of R Napo) and extreme N Peru (Loreto N of R Napo and R Amazon).
(Myrmotherula longipennis zimmeri), Chapman, 1925. E Ecuador (S of R Napo) and NE Peru (S of R Napo, N of R Amazon and R Marañón).
(Myrmotherula longipennis garbei), H. von Ihering, 1905. E Peru (S of R Amazon & R Marañón), SW Amazonian Brazil (E to R Madeira) and NW Bolivia (Pando, La Paz).
Meaning of Name: Myrmotherula: Gr. Combination word myrmothera= a genus (Velliot,1916, antpitta) Myrmotherula= diminutive of Myrmothera. longipennis: L. longus= long and penna, pennis= feather, winged, feathered.
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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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