Rufous-winged antwren

Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus

The southern rufous-winged antwren is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Rufous-winged Antwren (Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus) Quebrada Upaquihua, San Martín, Peru. Jan 10, 2021 Geotagged,Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus,Peru,Rufous-winged antwren,Summer

Naming

The rufous-winged antwren was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1822 and given the binomial name ''Myiothera rufimarginatus''. It is now placed in the genus ''Herpsilochmus'' which was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.

The specific epithet ''rufimarginatus'' is from the Latin ''rufus'' "rufous" and ''marginatus'' "marginned" or "bordered".

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyThamnophilidae
GenusHerpsilochmus
SpeciesH. rufimarginatus
Photographed in
Peru