Spotted Antbird

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Spotted Antbird
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Hylophylax
Species: H. naevioides
Binomial name
Hylophylax naevioides
(Lafresnaye, 1847)
Female - Panama

The Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. In southern Central America, it is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; also Colombia and Ecuador of northwestern South America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

This bird is an open-cup nesting species that lays an average clutch of 2 eggs,[2] which both adults incubate.[3] The nestling period is 11 days.[2][3]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Hylophylax naevioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Skutch, A.F. 1945. Incubation and nestling periods of Central American birds. Auk 62: 8-37.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Skutch, A.F. 1969. Life histories of Central American birds III. Pacific Coast Avifauna 35: 1-580.

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