Bicolored Antvireo (Dysithamnus occidentalis)

Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern

bicolored_antvireo
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Tatama, Colombia

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Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Napo, Ecuador

bicolored_antvireo
Age: Adult | Sex: Males | Loc. Colombia|Napo, Ecuador

bicolored_antvireo
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Napo Ecuador


Identification & Behavior: ~13.5 cm (5.2 in). The male Bicolored Antvireo is black with white wing bars. The female has a rufous-brown back and a rufous cap. The sides of the head and underparts are gray. It forages in the understory and mid-story of humid montane forest. The male is similar to the White-streaked Antvireo but is distinguished by being blacker with white wing bars. The female is darker and lacks the white streaks of the female White-streaked Antvireo.

Status: The Bicolored Antvireo is only from two small areas in northern Peru, where it is poorly known. It also occurs in Co and Ec.

Name in Spanish: Batarito Bicolor.

Sub-species: Bicolored Antvireo (Dysithamnus occidentalis punctitectus), Chapman, 1924.

Meaning of Name: Dysithamnus: Gr. Duo= to plunge and thamnos= bush. occidentalis: L. occidentalis= western.

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Distribution Mapbicolored antvireo
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