Ovenbirds (Furnariidae)

Striped Woodhaunter (Hyloctistes subulatus) - HBW 8, p. 332

French: Anabate forestier German: Strichelrücken-Waldspäher Spanish: Ticotico Listado
Other common names: Striped Foliage-gleaner, Striped Leaf-gleaner; Western Woodhaunter (races N & W of Andes); Eastern Woodhaunter (races E of Andes)

Taxonomy: Sphenura subulata Spix, 1824, Amazon River.
Included in genus Philydor by some authors. Vocal differences accompanied by marked plumage differences between trans-Andean and cis-Andean populations indicate that two species are almost certainly involved. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • nicaraguae A. H. Miller & Griscom, 1925 - E Nicaragua.
  • virgatus (Lawrence, 1867) - Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Veraguas).
  • assimilis (Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884) - E Panama (W from E Colon) and W Colombia S to W Ecuador (S to NW Azuay and El Oro).

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  • nicaraguae A. H. Miller & Griscom, 1925 - E Nicaragua.
  • virgatus (Lawrence, 1867) - Costa Rica and W Panama (E to Veraguas).
  • assimilis (Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884) - E Panama (W from E Colon) and W Colombia S to W Ecuador (S to NW Azuay and El Oro).
  • cordobae Meyer de Schauensee, 1960 - NW Colombia (Antioquia, S Córdoba, and S in Magdalena Valley to Boyacá).
  • subulatus (Spix, 1824) - S Venezuela (Amazonas, S Bolívar), SE Colombia (S from S Meta and Vaupés), E Ecuador, E Peru, Amazonian Brazil (E to R Negro and, S of Amazon, to Pará) and N Bolivia (S to La Paz and Beni).
  • lemae Phelps, Sr. & Phelps, Jr., 1960 - SE Venezuela (Sierra de Lema, in SE Bolívar).