Spotted Antbird
Hylophylax naevioides (Lafresnaye, 1847)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Spotted Antbird, Hylophylax naevioides, is a passerine of the antbird family that breeds from Honduras through western Ecuador, with its range also extending across Middle America and into South America. First described by Lafresnaye in 1847, it belongs to the genus Hylophylax. It lives in humid lowland forest, both mature secondary growth and primary woodland, and keeps to dense undergrowth inside the forest. In Central America and Colombia it reaches 1,000 m, while in Ecuador it is found only to 300 m. It is present in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Honduras to w Ecuador
