White-cheeked Antbird
A species of Bicolored Antbirds Scientific name : Gymnopithys leucaspis Genus : Bicolored Antbirds
White-cheeked Antbird, A species of Bicolored Antbirds
Botanical name: Gymnopithys leucaspis
Genus: Bicolored Antbirds
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Description
Description
The white-cheeked antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis) is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found to the east of the Andes in Ecuador, Colombia, northern Peru and western Brazil. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The English zoologist Philip Sclater described the white-cheeked antbird in 1855 and coined the binomial name Myrmeciza leucaspis. It is now placed in the genus Gymnopithys which was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857. There are four subspecies: G. l. leucaspis (Sclater, PL, 1855) – east Colombia G. l. castaneus Zimmer, JT, 1937 – east Ecuador and northeast Peru G. l. peruanus Zimmer, JT, 1937 – north Peru G. l. lateralis Todd, 1927 – northwest Amazonian Brazil The white-cheeked antbird was formerly considered as conspecific with the bicolored antbird. They were split into separate species based on the results of a 2007 genetic study that found that the white-cheeked antbird was more similar to the rufous-throated antbird than it was to the bicolored antbird. 
Size
15 cm
Feeding Habits
White-cheeked Antbird primarily feed on insects and various arthropods, including orthopterans and spiders. Unique foraging behaviors involve hunting small frogs and lizards. White-cheeked Antbird exhibit specialized feeding adaptations for a diverse diet within forest floors.
Habitat
White-cheeked Antbird typically resides in the understory of humid lowland and foothill evergreen forests, often preferring terra firma—solid ground forests—as opposed to flooded forests. These birds are also found in adjacent mature second-growth woodlands. Their habitat range is mostly at elevations below 900 meters, where they navigate through dense understory vegetation.
Dite type
Frugivorous
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Antbirds Genus
Bicolored Antbirds Species
White-cheeked Antbird 
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