Brown-backed Antwren

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Brown-backed Antwren
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Epinecrophylla
Species: E. fjeldsaai
Binomial name
Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai
(Krabbe, Isler, Isler, Whitney, Alvarez & Greenfield, 1999)

The Brown-backed Antwren (Epinecrophylla fjeldsaai) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

[edit] Source

  • BirdLife International 2004. Myrmotherula fjeldsaai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
  • Isler, M., D. Lacerda, P. Isler, S. Hackett, K. Rosenberg, and R. Brumfield (2006). Epinecrophylla, a new genus of antwrens (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(4): 522-527
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