Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Manu, M. de Dios
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonian Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. SE Peru & Amazonian Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Amazonian Brazil
Status: The White-flanked Antwren is common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1200 m along the east slope of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Hormiguerito de Flanco Blanco.
Sub-species: White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris melaena), (P. L. Sclater), 1857. Santa Marta Mts and Colombia E of Andes, W Venezuela (Andean slopes E to Mérida and Barinas and, S of R Orinoco, E to R Caura), NW Brazil (upper R Negro S to N bank of R Amazon), E Ecuador and NE Peru (Amazonas, San Martín, Loreto).
(Myrmotherula axillaris heterozyga), J. T. Zimmer, 1932. EC Peru (Ucayali S to Madre de Dios) and SW Amazonian Brazil (W of R Madeira).
(Myrmotherula axillaris fresnayana) (d’Orbigny), 1835. extreme SE Peru (Puno) and NW Bolivia (W of R Mamoré, and along the base of the Andes E to W Santa Cruz).
Meaning of Name: Myrmotherula: Gr. Combination word myrmothera= a genus (Velliot,1916,
antpitta) Myrmotherula= diminutive of Myrmothera. axillaris: L. axilla= armpit, axillaris= of the armpit.

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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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