White-eyed Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla leucophthalma

The white-eyed stipplethroat or white-eyed antwren (Epinecrophylla leucophthalma) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Myrmotherula. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

The white-eyed stipplethroat was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given the binomial name Formicivora leucophthalma.There are four subspecies:

Epinecrophylla leucophthalma dissita (Bond, 1950) - Bolivia and Peru

Epinecrophylla leucophthalma leucophthalma (Pelzeln, 1868) - Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru

Epinecrophylla leucophthalma phaeonota (Todd, 1927) - Brazil

Epinecrophylla leucophthalma sordida (Todd, 1927) - Brazil