Iquitos Gnatcatchers aka Clements Gnatcatchers
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The Iquitos Gnatcatcher Polioptila clementsi is a new species of gnatcatcher (Polioptilidae) . To date, this new species is known only from the Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve, about 25 km by road west of Iquitos, Peru - and it is rare there.
Comparisons of morphological and vocal characters confirm that it is a member of the Polioptila guianensis complex, which comprises at least three poorly known, allopatric taxa ranging from the Guianas and the Rio Negro region through much of Amazonia south of the Amazon River. Roughly equivalent levels of phenotypic differentiation are documented for all taxa east of the Andes, including this new species.
It is named after James F. Clements.
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