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'''Alternative name: Fulvous-bellied Antpitta'''
 
'''Alternative name: Fulvous-bellied Antpitta'''
[[Image:Thicket Antpitta.jpg|thumb|550px|right|<br />Photo by {{user|Birdingcraft|Birdingcraft}}<br />Lands in Love Hotel, [[Costa Rica]], July 2014]]
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[[Image:IMG 3226 BF.jpg|thumb|450px|right|<br />Photo by {{user|Jose+Ramon|Jose Ramon}}<br />Flores, Limon Province, [[Costa Rica]], March 2017]]
 
;[[:Category:Hylopezus|Hylopezus]] dives
 
;[[:Category:Hylopezus|Hylopezus]] dives
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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13–14 cm (5-5½ in)
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*Dark grey crown and nape
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*Pale yellowish-brown [[Topography#Heads|lores]] and narrow eye ring
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*Greyish-brown auri­culars
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*Buff moustache
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Ecuador]], [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], and [[Panama]].
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]<br />
 
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'''Central America''': found in [[Honduras]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]]<br />
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'''South America''': [[Colombia]] and [[Ecuador]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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*''H. d. dives'':
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:*[[Caribbean]] slope of north-eastern [[Honduras]] to [[Costa Rica]]
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*''H. d. flammulatus'':
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:*Caribbean slope of western [[Panama]] (Bocas del Toro)
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*''H. d. barbacoae'':
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:*Lowlands of eastern Panama (Darién) and western [[Colombia]] (Nariño)
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist lowland forests.
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Found around forest streams in dense thickets and vines.
[[Image:Thicket_antpitta.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Artwork by {{user|Aracari|Aracari}}]]
 
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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They forage on the ground and on logs for insects and spiders.
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==Gallery==
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Click on photo for larger image
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<gallery>
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Image:Thicket_antpitta.jpg|Artwork by {{user|Aracari|Aracari}} <!--EDITORS: this image retained as it doesn't appear in the Gallery (on an artwork thread)-->
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</gallery>
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
 
{{GSearch|Hylopezus+dives}}
 
{{GSearch|Hylopezus+dives}}
  
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hylopezus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hylopezus]]

Revision as of 19:54, 11 June 2017

Alternative name: Fulvous-bellied Antpitta


Photo by Jose Ramon
Flores, Limon Province, Costa Rica, March 2017
Hylopezus dives

Identification

13–14 cm (5-5½ in)

  • Dark grey crown and nape
  • Pale yellowish-brown lores and narrow eye ring
  • Greyish-brown auri­culars
  • Buff moustache

Distribution

Central and South America
Central America: found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: Colombia and Ecuador

Taxonomy

Subspecies

  • H. d. dives:
  • H. d. flammulatus:
  • Caribbean slope of western Panama (Bocas del Toro)
  • H. d. barbacoae:
  • Lowlands of eastern Panama (Darién) and western Colombia (Nariño)

Habitat

Found around forest streams in dense thickets and vines.

Behaviour

Diet

They forage on the ground and on logs for insects and spiders.

Gallery

Click on photo for larger image

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2017)

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