Order: Passeriformes | Family: Thamnophilidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Costa Rica
Age: Adult | Sex: Male|Female | Loc. Urubamba, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Costa Rica
Age: Adult | Sex: Male|Female | Loc. Southwest Ecuador
Status: The Plain Antvireo is fairly common in humid montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 700-2100 m. It also occurs in the humid and semi-deciduous forest of extreme northwest Peru, in Tumbes, at elevations ranging between 300-900 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Batarito de Cabeza Gris.
Sub-species: Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis aequatorialis), Todd, 1916. Pacific slope in W Ecuador and extreme NW Peru (Tumbes).
(Dysithamnus mentalis napensis), Chapman, 1925. extreme S Colombia (E slope of Andes in Putumayo) S to extreme N Peru (N Amazonas).
(Dysithamnus mentalis tambillanus), Taczanowski, 1884. E slope in N & C Peru (E Piura, S Amazonas and SW Loreto S to Huánuco and & W Ucayali).
(Dysithamnus mentalis olivaceus), (Tschudi), 1844. E slope in C Peru (Pasco S to Cuzco and W Madre de Dios).
(Dysithamnus mentalis tavarae), J. T. Zimmer, 1932. SE Madre de Dios S to C Bolivia (S La Paz, S Beni, Cochabamba, SW Santa Cruz).
Meaning of Name: Dysithamnus: Gr. Duo= to plunge and thamnos= bush. mentalis: L. mentum= chin, mentalis= pertaining to the chin.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.
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