Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

Caatinga Antwren (Herpsilochmus sellowi) - HBW 8, p. 601

French: Grisin de Sellow German: Caatingaameisenfänger Spanish: Tiluchí de Caatinga

Taxonomy: Herpsilochmus sellowi Whitney and Pacheco, 2000, Boa Nova, Bahia, Brazil.
Considered part of a clade that also includes H. pileatus, H. atricapillus, H. motacilloides and H. parkeri. Present species was long known under name of “H. pileatus”, but recent study showing that population of SE Bahia is a distinct species also revealed that this name is actually applicable to the newly discovered form; a replacement scientific name for present species was thus required and supplied. Monotypic.

Distribution: NC & E Brazil (Maranhão E to Rio Grande do Norte and S to Bahia and extreme N Minas Gerais).