White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thamnophilidae
Genus
Myrmotherula
eBird Code
whfant2

Vocalizations

Dario Taraborelli · CC0_1_0

Subspecies (6)

  • Myrmotherula axillaris albigula

    southeastern Honduras to western Colombia and western Ecuador

  • Myrmotherula axillaris axillaris

    eastern Venezuela to Trinidad, the Guianas, eastern Amazonian Brazil (from both banks of lower Rio Negro eastward to Amapá and, south of the Amazon River, east of Rio Madeira to Maranhão and southward to Tocantins and Mato Grosso), and northeastern Bolivia

  • Myrmotherula axillaris fresnayana

    far southeastern Peru (Puno) and northwestern Bolivia

  • Myrmotherula axillaris heterozyga

    eastern Peru (Ucayali to Madre de Dios) and southwestern Amazonian Brazil (west of Rio Madeira)

  • Myrmotherula axillaris luctuosa

    coastal eastern Brazil (Paraíba to Rio de Janeiro)

  • Myrmotherula axillaris melaena

    eastern Colombia to northeastern Peru, western Venezuela, and northwestern Amazonian Brazil (upper Rio Negro southward to north bank of the Amazon River)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.