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Revision as of 08:36, 13 August 2014
- Gymnopithys bicolor
Identification
14cm
- Brown upperparts
- White throat and chest
- Pale blue skin around eye
- Black in front of and behind eye
- Short tail
Distribution
Central America and South America
Central America: Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia, Ecuador
Taxonomy
Formerly considered conspecific with White-cheeked Antbird.
Subspecies[1]
5 Subspecies recognized:
- G. b. olivascens from Honduras to Panama
- G. b. bicolor in Panama and NW Colombia
- G. b. daguae in C Colombia
- G. b. aequatorialis in extreme S Colombia and Ecuador
- G. b. ruficeps in N Colombia
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
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- 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
- costaricalink.com
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bicolored Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bicolored_Antbird
External Links
The two gallery searches will search for one of the subspecies groups.