Bicolored Antvireo vs Black-headed Antbird

Dysithamnus occidentalis compared with Percnostola rufifrons

Side-by-Side Comparison

Attribute Bicolored Antvireo Black-headed Antbird
Scientific Name Dysithamnus occidentalis Percnostola rufifrons
Order Passeriformes Passeriformes
Family Thamnophilidae Thamnophilidae
Conservation Status Near Threatened Least Concern
Length
Wingspan 13.8 cm (5.4 in) 14.2 cm (5.6 in)
Weight 25.0 g (0.88 oz) 27.275 g (0.96 oz)
Diet -- --
Clutch Size -- 1-2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Shared Habitats

Bicolored Antvireo only

None

Black-headed Antbird only

None

Conservation Status

Near Threatened

Bicolored Antvireo

Least Concern

Black-headed Antbird

About These Birds

Bicolored Antvireo

The Bicolored Antvireo is a near-threatened small antbird restricted to foothill and lower montane forests of northwestern Ecuador and the southwest slope of Colombia. Males are grey and white and females are brown with buffy streaking. It forages in pairs in the forest midstory for insects gleaned from leaves and branches.

Black-headed Antbird

The Black-headed Antbird is a compact antbird; males have a bold black head contrasting with gray-blue underparts and brown upperparts, while females are brown with a rufous head. It inhabits dense, humid forests and river-edge vegetation in Amazonia, particularly in Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. It often accompanies army ant swarms, feeding on the small invertebrates they flush from the leaf litter.

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