Listen to the Rufous-tailed stipplethroat
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About the Rufous-tailed stipplethroat
The Rufous-tailed stipplethroat is a bird in the family Thamnophilidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Rufous-tailed stipplethroat sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song, duet and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The rufous-tailed stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla erythrura), formerly called the rufous-tailed antwren, is a species of insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Related birds in the genus Epinecrophylla
More from the family Thamnophilidae
Barred antshrike
Thamnophilus doliatus
White-cheeked antbird
Gymnopithys leucaspis
Dusky antbird
Cercomacra tyrannina
Ocellated antbird
Phaenostictus mcleannani
Spotted antbird
Hylophylax naevioides
Long-winged antwren
Myrmotherula longipennis
Black-throated antbird
Myrmeciza atrothorax
Black-faced antbird
Myrmoborus myotherinus
Rufous-margined antwren
Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
Banded antbird
Dichrozona cincta
Frequently asked questions
What does a Rufous-tailed stipplethroat sound like?
You can hear 6 recordings of the Rufous-tailed stipplethroat on this page, including its song, duet and call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Rufous-tailed stipplethroat endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Rufous-tailed stipplethroat as “least concern”.
What family does the Rufous-tailed stipplethroat belong to?
The Rufous-tailed stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla erythrura) belongs to the family Thamnophilidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Duet · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Orellana: 'Maxus' road km 37 (27 km SSE Pompeya), Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Morona-Santiago: e-slope Cord. de Cutucú: Unnsuants, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1261956 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Rufous-tailed stipplethroat – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Hector Bottai – CC BY-SA 4.0