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White-fringed Antwren (Formicivora grisea) - HBW 8, p. 613

French: Grisin de Cayenne German: Braunrücken-Ameisenfänger Spanish: Hormiguerito Coicorita
Other common names: Black-breasted Antwren

Taxonomy: Turdus griseus Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Morphological, vocal and molecular studies indicate that, with exception of F. iheringi, all species placed in current genus form a well-defined group. Recent extensive morphological and vocal study suggests that closest relatives of present species are F. rufa and Stymphalornis acutirostris; close relationship with former also supported by genetic study. Geographical differences in voice and striking differences in female plumages strongly suggest that some races represent separate species; further study required. On other hand, fumosa possibly indistinguishable f.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Turdus griseus Boddaert, 1783, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Morphological, vocal and molecular studies indicate that, with exception of F. iheringi, all species placed in current genus form a well-defined group. Recent extensive morphological and vocal study suggests that closest relatives of present species are F. rufa and Stymphalornis acutirostris; close relationship with former also supported by genetic study. Geographical differences in voice and striking differences in female plumages strongly suggest that some races represent separate species; further study required. On other hand, fumosa possibly indistinguishable from intermedia. Described form deluzae known from single specimen from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); possibility that it represents a distinct race considered unconfirmed. Eight subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • alticincta Bangs, 1902 - Pearl Is, S Panama.
  • hondae (Chapman, 1914) - NW Colombia (Atlántico S to N Antioquia and Bolívar, S in Magdalena Valley to Huila).
  • intermedia Cabanis, 1847 - N Colombia (Magdalena, La Guajira, César) and N Venezuela (N Zulia E to Sucre and Monagas, including Margarita I); also Chacachacare I, off Trinidad.

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  • alticincta Bangs, 1902 - Pearl Is, S Panama.
  • hondae (Chapman, 1914) - NW Colombia (Atlántico S to N Antioquia and Bolívar, S in Magdalena Valley to Huila).
  • intermedia Cabanis, 1847 - N Colombia (Magdalena, La Guajira, César) and N Venezuela (N Zulia E to Sucre and Monagas, including Margarita I); also Chacachacare I, off Trinidad.
  • tobagensis Dalmas, 1900 - Tobago.
  • fumosa (Cory, 1913) - along N base of Andes in NE Colombia (E Norte de Santander) and Venezuela (S Zulia and Trujillo S to Táchira).
  • rufiventris Carriker, 1936 - E Colombia (Meta and Guainía S to Caquetá) and S Venezuela (W Amazonas except extreme N).
  • orenocensis Hellmayr, 1904 - S Venezuela (S of R Orinoco in Bolívar and extreme N Amazonas).
  • grisea (Boddaert, 1783) - Guyana, coastal Surinam and French Guiana, and N & E Brazil (drainage of R Branco, lower R Negro E to Amapá and, S of R Amazon, E from R Madeira apart from few scattered records W of it to W Amazonas, and S to Mato Grosso, Goiás, Bahia and, locally, to E Minas Gerais and N Rio de Janeiro).
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