Spot-backed Antbird

Hylophylax naevius

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thamnophilidae
Genus
Hylophylax
eBird Code
spbant6

Subspecies (5)

  • Hylophylax naevius inexpectatus

    southeastern Peru to far southwestern Amazonian Brazil and northwestern Bolivia

  • Hylophylax naevius naevius

    southeastern Colombia to southern Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Peru, and northern Brazil

  • Hylophylax naevius ochraceus

    southeastern Amazonian Brazil (Rio Tapajós to Rio Tocantins, southward to northern Mato Grosso)

  • Hylophylax naevius peruvianus

    foothills of northern Peru (Amazonas and San Martín)

  • Hylophylax naevius theresae

    southern Ecuador to northern Peru (Loreto) and southwestern and south-central Amazonian Brazil (eastward to Rio Tapajós, southward to southern Amazonas and Rondônia)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.