Birds of Ecuador - Gymnopithys


Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor bicolor) Soberania National Park, Panama Often the most numerous antbird at ant swarms. Male and female similar.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor ruficeps) Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia The Colombian ruficeps race has the most red with no grey.
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña © All Rights Reserved.

Amazon range now called White-cheeked Antbird. Male and female similar. Follows ant swarms. Birds south to northwest Colombia have brown crown bordered with grey, while birds south to Ecuador have red crown and less or no grey.


White-cheeked Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis) Puerto Nariño, Amazonas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Amazonian version of Bicolored Antbird.
Male (red forehead) from front.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba