White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris

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Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
FamilyThamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)
GenusMyrmotherula (Typical Antwrens)
SpeciesMyrmotherula axillaris (White-flanked Antwren)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

1 Verified sightings at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve From 2019 to 2026

7,243 Verified sightings across all 33 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the White-flanked Antwren

The white-flanked antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found from Honduras to Panama in Central America, in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay, and on Trinidad.

The white-flanked antwren was described by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 and given the binomial name Myrmothera axillaris. The white-flanked antwren's taxonomy is unsettled. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World assign it these five subspecies:

M. a. albigula Lawrence, 1865 M. a. melaena (Sclater, PL, 1857) M. a. heterozyga Zimmer, JT, 1932 M. a. axillaris (Vieillot, 1817) M. a. fresnayana (d'Orbigny, 1835) The Clements taxonomy adds a sixth subspecies, M. a. luctuosa, that the other two systems treat as a separate species, the silvery-flanked antwren (M. luctuosa). The North and South American Classification Committees of the American Ornithological Society also include the silvery-flanked taxon within the white-flanked antwren. Clements does recognize... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

Myrmotherula schisticolor

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Dysithamnus mentalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Thamnophilus atrinucha

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Hafferia zeledoni

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Thamnophilus bridgesi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Cercomacra tyrannina

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Myrmeciza exsul

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Gymnopithys leucaspis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Thamnistes anabatinus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Thamnophilus doliatus

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Hylophylax naevioides

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Phaenostictus mcleannani

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~30%
2	Soberanía National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
3	Brownsberg Nature Park	🇸🇷 Suriname	~20%
4	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~20%
5	Darién National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~20%
6	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	~20%
7	Cahuita National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	~10%
8	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
9	Anavilhanas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
10	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
11	San Lorenzo Protected Forest	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
12	Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve	🇪🇨 Ecuador	~10%
13	Tijuca National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	~10%
14	Amacayacu National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
15	Utría National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	~10%
16	Madidi National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	~10%
17	Chagres National Park	🇵🇦 Panama	~10%
18	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	~10%
19	Canaima National Park	🇻🇪 Venezuela	~10%
20	Cordillera Azul National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	<5%
21	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
22	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
23	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
24	Parque Natural Metropolitano	🇵🇦 Panama	<5%
25	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
26	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
27	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
28	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	<5%
29	Farallones de Cali National Natural Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	<5%
30	Noel Kempff Mercado National Park	🇧🇴 Bolivia	Insufficient data
31	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
32	Podocarpus National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	Insufficient data
33	Itatiaia National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	Insufficient data

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White-flanked Antwren

About the White-flanked Antwren

Recent sightings of White-flanked Antwren in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

Slaty Antwren

Plain Antvireo

Western Slaty-Antshrike

Zeledon's Antbird

Black-hooded Antshrike

Dusky Antbird

Chestnut-backed Antbird

Bicolored Antbird

Russet Antshrike

Barred Antshrike

Spotted Antbird

Ocellated Antbird

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found