bicolored antbird

Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor subsp. bicolor) Sexes similar. Pipeline Road, northwest of Gamboa, Panama Province, Panama. Tropical rainforest at 55 m (180 ft elevation).

Found myself very close to these little birds that were among other antbirds following the Army Ants in Pipeline Road, Panama.

Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis bicolor) Nine subspecies are recognized with two being mapped for Panama. Birds of western and Central Panama to about the western side of the Panama Canal belong to the subspecies olivascens while the birds of eastern Panama belong to the subspecies...

Bird was in lower understory of terra firma forest along trail between ExplorNapo Lodge and ACTS near Napo River in upper Amazon drainage of northeastern Peru. It was difficult to obtain a clear view of the bird through small gaps in the dense foliage; the blurred tail is due to an out-of-focus...

Race bicolor. This bird is by some treated as a race of G. leucaspis, i.e., G. leucaspis bicolor. This inquisitive bird observed me as I watched it feeding above an antswarm.

This is an oldy I found on my harddrive. It's not a great quality shot, but I absolutely love the bird's pose! It is so typical of the army ant-following antbirds. Clinging to a small vertical branch just a few feet above the ground, this little fellow was completely ignoring me while he was...

Taken near an army antswarm. Usually the most common bird in attendance.