The rufous-rumped antwren (''Euchrepomis callinota'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in

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Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

, Ecuador,

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, Panama, Peru,

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, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. The rufous-rumped antwren was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855 and given the

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''Formicivora nigrocinereus''. 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.

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