White-plumed Antbird

White-plumed Antbird

Taxobox
name = White-plumed Antbird


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Thamnophilidae
genus = "Pithys"
species = "P. albifrons"
binomial = "Pithys albifrons"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1766)
synonyms =

The White-plumed Antbird ("Pithys albifrons") is a species of insectivorous bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is marked by red-brownish plumage, black wings, and a black head with a bright-white feathered mask.

It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru; also the Guianas, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests.

In the Amazon Basin proper, except in the headwaters of central Peru, White-plumed Antbird is found only north of the Amazon River, in the northeast with the Guianas, and in the northwest.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/50340/all Pithys albifrons] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.

External links

* [http://www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/10918800.htm Stamps] (for Guyana) with RangeMap
* [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/search.html?Form=Search&SEARCHBY=Common&KEYWORDS=white-plumed+antbird&showwhat=images&AGE=All&SEX=All&ACT=All&Search=Search&VIEW=All&ORIENTATION=All&RESULTS=24 White-plumed Antbird photo gallery] VIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Pithys+albifrons Photo-High Res]
* [http://www.surfbirds.com/media/gallery_photos/20070516122745.jpgPhoto-High Res] ; [http://www.surfbirds.com/trip_report.php?id=1137 Article] surfbirds


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