Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor)

Other Names (World)
Bicolored Antbird, Bicoloured Antbird, Bi-colored Antbird, Bi-coloured Antbird

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
14.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lawrence, 1863)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.

Central and eastern Panama (both slopes east from Veraguas) and north-western Colombia (Pacific slope in Choc�).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (60)...)

Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor) [XC274532]
by Peter Boesman from Esquinas lodge, Piedras Blancas NP, Puntarenas, Costa Rica (song)

Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor) [XC538629]
by Brendan Sloan from Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (alarm call, call)

Subspecies
White-cheeked Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis) and Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Gymnopithys leucaspis following AOU (1998).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-cheeked Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

olivascens (Ridgway, 1891) - Caribbean slope in Honduras and Nicaragua, and both slopes in Costa Rica and western Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriqu��). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-cheeked Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis).
bicolor (Lawrence, 1863) - Honduras to western Ecuador.
daguae Hellmayr, 1906 - Pacific slope in central Colombia (southern Choc� south to Cauca). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-cheeked Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis).
aequatorialis (Hellmayr, 1902) - Pacific slope in extreme southern Colombia (Nari�o) and Ecuador. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-cheeked Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis).
ruficeps Salvin and Godman, 1892 - Northern Colombia (northern slope of Andes from Antioquia east to southern Cesar, and southern in Magdalena Valley to Boyac�). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-cheeked Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis).

References
See References.

Files:

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