Spot-breasted Antvireo
A species of Antvireos Scientific name : Dysithamnus stictothorax Genus : Antvireos
Spot-breasted Antvireo, A species of Antvireos
Botanical name: Dysithamnus stictothorax
Genus: Antvireos
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Description
Description
The spot-breasted antvireo (Dysithamnus stictothorax) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in south east Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. The spot-breasted antvireo was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1823 and given the binomial name Myothera strictothorax (an error for stictothorax)). The specific epithet is from the Ancient Greek stiktos "spotted" and thōrax or thōrakos "breastplate". It is now placed in the genus Dysithamnus which was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847. 
Size
12 cm
Feeding Habits
Spot-breasted Antvireo primarily consumes insects, such as lepidopterans, katydids, mantids, stick-insects, true bugs, and beetles, complemented by berries like mistletoe. Forages in pairs or individually, often alongside mixed-species flocks, inspecting understorey vegetation with acrobatic maneuvers to gleaning prey, preferring undersurfaces and employing short, agile hops aided by wing flutters.
Habitat
Spot-breasted Antvireo typically inhabits the understory and mid-story of lowland and montane evergreen forests. It is often found at the edges of forests, in areas such as roadside woods, older secondary growth forests, and light gaps dense with bamboo thickets. Furthermore, spot-breasted Antvireo is more likely to occupy forest edges and is less common in continuous primary forests where it is often replaced by closely related species.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Antbirds Genus
Antvireos Species
Spot-breasted Antvireo 
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