White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons)

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

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manaus, Brazil

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Mitu, Colombia

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonian Ecuador

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Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manaus, Brazil

Identification & Behavior: ~12 cm (4.7 in). The White-plumed Antbird has the neck, underparts, and tail chestnut in color. The back is bluish-gray. It has striking long white plumes up and down the face. The juvenile lacks the white plumes of the adult and has the entire head gray. It forages in the understory of the forest close to the ground generally following army ants. It is similar to the closely related White-masked Antbird but the white plumes of the adult make it unmistakable.

Status: The White-plumed Antbird is fairly common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1300 m along the east slope of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Br.

Name in Spanish: Hormiguero de Plumón Blanco.

Sub-species: White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons peruvianus), Taczanowski, 1884.

Meaning of Name: Pithys: Gr. Puthios= Pythian, Delphian, an epithet of Apollo. albifrons: L. albus= white and frons, frontis= forehead, brow.

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References:

- - 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.
- Sitewide References.