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 LC    Bicolored Antbird* Id (Atlas):
    Gymnopithys bicolor

Description (10)
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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 Chocó).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
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Voice
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Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor) [XC112224]
     by Oscar Herrera Mena from La Union Road, 6.5 km NW of Alto Tambo, Esmeraldas, Ecuador (call, song)

 
Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor) [XC271311]
     by Peter Boesman from Cerro Azul area, Panama (song)

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, Chiriquí­). 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 Chocó 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 (Nariño) 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 Boyacá). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-cheeked Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis).



References
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Files:
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