- Gymnocichla nudiceps
Identification
15–16 cm (6-6¼ in)
Male is mostly black with bare, blue crown area stretching down below the eye.
The rufous female has blue skin limited to area around eyes and lores .
Distribution
Colombia through Central America to Costa Rica, Belize, and Guatemala.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
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Four subspecies are recognized[2]:
- nudiceps in eastern Panama and Pacific slope of north-western Colombia
- chiroleuca in Caribbean slope of eastern Guatemala and Belize to western Panama
- erratilis in Pacific slope of Costa Rica and western Panama (Chiriquí)
- sanctamartae in Northern Colombia (Santa Marta region and Magdalena Valley)
Habitat
Second growth, edges, and scrubby clearings in lowland1.
Behaviour
Often near swarms of army ants.
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects and spiders; and most likely arthropods and small reptiles too. There has been little information published.
Breeding
A domed nest made from finely woven twigs was found in Costa Rica. There is no other information available.
Gallery
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Reference
- Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Feb 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bare-crowned Antbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bare-crowned_Antbird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
