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Photo © by Fritz73
Camacan, Brazil, 6 September 2017
Dysithamnus stictothorax

Identification

Female
Photo © by Fritz73
Camacan, Brazil, 6 September 2017

Dull olive upperparts, grey head, broad white stripe behind the ear-coverts which is made up of white spots, yellow underparts, grey spots on the breast. The female is similar but has a rufous crown.

Distribution

Southeastern Brazil (eastern Minas Gerais to Parana) and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and montanes.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Zimmer, K. and M.L. Isler (2020). Spot-breasted Antvireo (Dysithamnus stictothorax), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.spbant5.01

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