Plain-throated antwren | |
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Lower bird (above is a band-tailed antwren) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Isleria |
Species: | I. hauxwelli |
Binomial name | |
Isleria hauxwelli (Sclater, 1857) |
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Synonyms | |
Myrmotherula hauxwelli |
Myrmotherula hauxwelli
The plain-throated antwren (Isleria hauxwelli) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in all the countries of the Amazon Basin.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Unlike other Myrmotherula, it stays near ground level often clinging sideways to saplings.