White-eyed Stipplethroat
A species of Stipple-throated Antwrens Scientific name : Epinecrophylla leucophthalma Genus : Stipple-throated Antwrens
White-eyed Stipplethroat, A species of Stipple-throated Antwrens
Botanical name: Epinecrophylla leucophthalma
Genus: Stipple-throated Antwrens
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Description
Description
The white-eyed stipplethroat or white-eyed antwren (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The white-eyed stipplethroat was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given the binomial name Formicivora leucophthalma. There are four subspecies: E. l. dissita (Bond, 1950) - Bolivia and Peru E. l. leucophthalma (Pelzeln, 1868) - Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru E. l. phaeonota (Todd, 1927) - Brazil E. l. sordida (Todd, 1927) - Brazil
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11 cm