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Female. Photo by rdavis
Photographed: Napo River tributary, Peru, April 2010

Schistocichla leucostigma

[edit] Identification

14.5 cm, Long bill, dusky legs, slate gray above, pale gray below, black wing coverts with 2 rows of small white dots, brown primaries. Female - gray head, brown back, dark brown wings with 3 rows of buff spots, buff throat, orange rufous underparts.

[edit] Distribution

Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana

[edit] Taxonomy

S. leucostigma has four subspecies: S. l. leucostigma, S. l. infuscata, S. l. subplumbea and S. l. intensa.

Humaita Antbird S. humaythae, Brownish-headed Antbird S. brunneiceps, Rufous-faced Antbird S. rufifacies, and Roraiman Antbird S. saturata were included in S. leucostigma before 2006.^[1][2]

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. SACC: Roraiman Antbird split
2. SACC: further splits

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