The bicolored antbird (''Gymnopithys bicolor'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the family

Thamnophilidae The antbirds are a large passerine bird family, Thamnophilidae, found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 230 species, known variously as antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire ...

. It is found in Honduras south to Panama, western Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discont ...

. It is dark brown with a white belly and grey and black facial markings.

Taxonomy

The bicolored antbird was described by the American amateur ornithologist

George Newbold Lawrence George Newbold Lawrence (October 20, 1806 – January 17, 1895) was an American businessman and amateur ornithologist. Early life Lawrence was born in the city of New York on October 20, 1806. From his youth, Lawrence was a lover of birds and s ...

in 1863 and given the

binomial name In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''Pithys bicolor''. There are five recognised subspecies: * ''G. b. olivascens'' ( Ridgway, 1891) – Honduras to west Panama * ''G. b. bicolor'' (Lawrence, 1863) – east Panama and northwest Colombia * ''G. b. daguae''

Hellmayr Carl Eduard Hellmayr (29 January 1878 in Vienna, Austria – 24 February 1944 in Orselina, Switzerland) was an Austrian ornithologist. Biography Hellmayr was born in Vienna and studied at the University of Vienna, although he did not complete hi ...

, 1906 – west Colombia * ''G. b. aequatorialis'' (Hellmayr, 1902) – southwest Colombia and west Ecuador * ''G. b. ruficeps'' Salvin & Godman, 1892 – central Colombia The bicolored antbird was formerly considered as

conspecific Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species. Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organ ...

with the

white-cheeked antbird The white-cheeked antbird (''Gymnopithys leucaspis'') is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found to the east of the Andes in Ecuador, Colombia, northern Peru and western Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical o ...

. They were split into separate species based on the results of a genetic study published in 2007 that found that the white-cheeked antbird was more similar to the

rufous-throated antbird The rufous-throated antbird (''Gymnopithys rufigula'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests ...

than it was to the bicolored antbird.

Gallery

Image:Bicolored Antbird RWD.jpg, Soberania National Park, Panama File:Gymnopithys-leucaspis-002.jpg, Parque Nacional Darién, Panama

References

External links

Xeno-canto: audio recordings of the bicolored antbird

bicolored antbird The bicolored antbird (''Gymnopithys bicolor'') is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Honduras south to Panama, western Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. It is ...

Birds of Honduras Birds of Nicaragua Birds of Costa Rica Birds of Panama Birds of the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena

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Taxonomy

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