The Peruvian warbling antbird (''Hypocnemis peruviana'') is a species of

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in the family

Thamnophilidae The antbirds are a large passerine bird family, Thamnophilidae, found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 230 species, known variously as antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire ...

. It was considered a subspecies of '' Hypocnemis cantator'', but based on vocal differences and to a lesser degree differences in plumages, it has been recommended that they be treated as separate species. As presently defined, the Peruvian warbling antbird includes a single subspecies, ''saturata''. It has a black, white, and grey head and breast, with rufous flanks and a dull brown lower back and tail. The Peruvian warbling antbird is found at lower levels in humid forest in south-eastern Colombia, eastern

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

, eastern

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, northern Bolivia and western

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. It is locally sympatric with the

yellow-breasted warbling antbird The yellow-breasted warbling antbird (''Hypocnemis subflava'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. Until recently, it was considered a subspecies of '' Hypocnemis cantator'', but based on vocal differences and to a lesser degree d ...

References

* Isler, Isler, & Whitney. 2007. ''Species limits in antbirds (Thamnophilidae): The Warbling Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) complex.'' The Auk. 124(1): 11–28. * Zimmer & Isler. 2003. Hypocnemis cantator (Warbling Antbird). Pp. 645 in del Hoyo, Elliott, & Christie. 2003. ''Handbook of the Birds of the World.'' Vol. 8. Broadbills to Tapaculos. Lynx Edictions. Barcelona.
Split Hypocnemis cantator by elevating H. flavescens, peruviana, subflava, ochrogyna and striata to species rank.
South American Classification Committee. Accessed 2008-06-27

arthurgrosset.com. Accessed 2008-06-27 {{Taxonbar, from=Q1271666 Peruvian warbling antbird Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon Birds of the Peruvian Amazon Birds of the Amazon Basin Peruvian warbling antbird