- Gymnopithys leucaspis
Identification
14cm
- Brown upperparts
- White throat and chest
- Pale blue skin around eye
- Black in front of and behind eye
- Short tail
Distribution
South America: east of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil.
Taxonomy
Formerly treated conspecific with Bicolored Antbird.
Subspecies
4 Subspecies recognized:
- G. l. leucaspis in C Colombia
- G. l. castaneus in SC Colombia, E Ecuador and N Peru
- G. l. lateralis mainly in N Brazil
- G. l. peruanus in NC Peru
Habitat
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
It follows an ant-swarm army; the ants stir up insects and spiders in leaf litter which the antbirds feed on.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) White-cheeked Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-cheeked_Antbird
