Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)
Lineated Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla subalaris) - HBW 8, p. 329
French: Anabate vergeté
German: Streifenblattspäher
Spanish: Ticotico Rayado
Other common names: Stripe-bellied Foliage-gleaner, Lineated Leaf-gleaner
Taxonomy: Anabates subalaris P. L. Sclater, 1859, Pallatanga, Chimborazo, Ecuador.
Genus sometimes merged into Philydor; plumage, foraging behaviour and voice have suggested to some authors that it may be more closely related to Thripadectes than currently indicated in linear sequences. This species forms a superspecies with S. guttulata. Proposed race colligata from NW Peru said to have crown and back less fuscous brown (contrasting more with blackish collar) and chin darker yellow than mentalis, but description based on only 3 specimens, and characters mentioned are highly individually variable; proposed race ruficrissa from C Per.. View all taxonomy...
Genus sometimes merged into Philydor; plumage, foraging behaviour and voice have suggested to some authors that it may be more closely related to Thripadectes than currently indicated in linear sequences. This species forms a superspecies with S. guttulata. Proposed race colligata from NW Peru said to have crown and back less fuscous brown (contrasting more with blackish collar) and chin darker yellow than mentalis, but description based on only 3 specimens, and characters mentioned are highly individually variable; proposed race ruficrissa from C Peru supposedly with back blacker, rump and uppertail-coverts more rufescent and throat patch more restricted, but these characters also highly variable and do not permit diagnosis of individual specimens (although lack of distinctive features rather surprising, given major biogeographical barrier separating this population from those of N Andes). Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lineata (Lawrence, 1865) - mountains of Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Veraguas).
- tacarcunae (Chapman, 1923) - cerros Mali, Pirre and Tacarcuna, in extreme E Panama and NW Colombia.
- subalaris (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - Andes of W Colombia (W range, W slope of C range) and W Ecuador (S to El Oro).
- lineata (Lawrence, 1865) - mountains of Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Veraguas).
- tacarcunae (Chapman, 1923) - cerros Mali, Pirre and Tacarcuna, in extreme E Panama and NW Colombia.
- subalaris (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - Andes of W Colombia (W range, W slope of C range) and W Ecuador (S to El Oro).
- striolata (Todd, 1913) - E Andes in NW Venezuela (Lara, Barinas) and Colombia (Magdalena S to Meta and Huila, and Serranía San Lucas).
- olivacea Phelps, Sr. & Phelps, Jr., 1956 - SW Táchira (Chiquito Valley), in W Venezuela.
- mentalis (Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885) - E slope of Andes in Ecuador and Peru (S to Cuzco).
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Juvenile.
Locality Casanare Department, Colombia (ssp striolata)
Jhonathan Miranda 16 August 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
perched on a tree showing mantle
Locality Santa Fé National Park, Veraguas Province, Panama
ben lascelles 12 July 2008 2 years ago 2.7
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Song from a pair. Locality Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp subalaris)
Nick Athanas 12 February 2001 2 years ago 4
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