Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Dysithamnus (8 species)


White-streaked Antvireo
White-streaked Antvireo (Dysithamnus leucostictus leucostictus) Male
Range: SA: c Colombia and n Venezuela to Peru
Wildsumaco Lodge, Sumaco, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Plain Antvireo
Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) Male
Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to ne Argentina
ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Plain Antvireo
Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) Female
Range: MA, SA: se Mexico to ne Argentina
Zafra Reserva Natural, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

With many color variations in its large range. Note the round darker area behind the eye (ear) on both male and female. Common and widespread from sealevel up to 1500m, and usually close to the ground.
Additional photo.

Bicolored Antvireo
Bicolored Antvireo (Dysithamnus occidentalis occidentalis) Male Near Threatened
Range: SA: sw Colombia and n, e Ecuador
Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Bicolored Antvireo
Bicolored Antvireo (Dysithamnus occidentalis occidentalis) Female Near Threatened
Range: SA: sw Colombia and n, e Ecuador
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Seems to travel at all levels of the forest.
Male from back with wing spots.

Plumbeous Antvireo
Plumbeous Antvireo (Dysithamnus plumbeus) Male Vulnerable
Range: SA: se Brazil
Reseva Biológica de Sooretama, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Spot-crowned Antvireo
Spot-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps) Male
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to nw Ecuador
Darien National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Spot-crowned Antvireo
Spot-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps) Female
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to nw Ecuador
Darien National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Spot-breasted Antvireo
Spot-breasted Antvireo (Dysithamnus stictothorax) Male Near Threatened
Range: SA: se Brazil
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Usually high. Female has red cap.

Streak-crowned Antvireo
Streak-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps) Female
Range: MA: se Honduras to Costa Rica
PN Braulio Carrillo, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-backed Antvireo
Rufous-backed Antvireo (Dysithamnus xanthopterus) Male
Range: SA: se Brazil
Vale das Taquaras, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.



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