The ash-winged antwren (''Euchrepomis spodioptila'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil,

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Ecuador, French Guiana,

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

, Peru,

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...

, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The ash-winged antwren was described and illustrated by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin in 1881 and given the

binomial name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''Terenura spodioptila''. The current genus ''

Euchrepomis ''Euchrepomis'' is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. In 2012 Gustavo Bravo and colleagues introduced the genus ''Euchrepomis'' for four species that were previously placed in the genus ''Terenura ...

'' was introduced in 2012. There are three

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: * ''Euchrepomis spodioptila signata'' ( Zimmer, JT, 1932) – southeast Colombia, east Ecuador, northeast Peru and northwest Brazil * ''Euchrepomis spodioptila spodioptila'' (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1881) – south Venezuela, the

Guianas The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word ''Guayanas'' (''Las Guayanas''), is a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories: * French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France * ...

and north central Brazil * ''Euchrepomis spodioptila meridionalis'' ( Snethlage, E, 1925) – south central Amazonian Brazil

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