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Plain-throated Antwren
Isleria hauxwelli (Sclater, PL, 1857)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Plain-throated Antwren, Isleria hauxwelli, is a bird of southern and western Amazonia in South America, including Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It was described by Sclater in 1857. It belongs to the antbird family and is a passerine. The species is a small forest antwren with a very short tail. It lives mainly in terra firme evergreen forest, and also uses várzea, igapó and transitional forest, usually in places with shaded undergrowth and deep leaf litter. It is found mostly below 600 m, with a few records higher than that.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: s, w Amazonia
