Western woodhaunter

The western woodhaunter (Automolus virgatus) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae.

Western woodhaunter
Call recorded in Ecuador

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Furnariidae
Genus: Automolus
Species:
A. virgatus
Binomial name
Automolus virgatus
(Lawrence, 1867)

It is found in east Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, west Colombia and west Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the eastern woodhaunter. The taxa were split as although they are similar in appearance, they have very different calls. When lumped the two species were called "striped woodhaunter".[2][3]

There are four subspecies:[3]

  • A. v. nicaraguae (Miller, W. & Griscom, 1925) – east Nicaragua
  • A. v. virgatus (Lawrence, 1867) – Costa Rica and west Panama
  • A. v. assimilis von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884 – east Panama to west Colombia and west Ecuador
  • A. v. cordobae (Meyer de Schauensee, 1960) – northwest Colombia

References
  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Automolus virgatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103672251A104054634.en. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. Ridgely, Robert S.; Tudor, Guy (2009). Birds of South America: Passerines. Helm Field Guides. London: Christopher Helm. p. 306. ISBN 978-1-408-11342-4.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Ovenbirds, woodcreepers". World Bird List Version 9.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
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