White-streaked antvireo

White-streaked antvireo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thamnophilidae
Genus:Dysithamnus
Species: D. leucostictus
Binomial name
Dysithamnus leucostictus
Sclater, 1858

The white-streaked antvireo or white-spotted antvireo (Dysithamnus leucostictus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The white-streaked antvireo was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858 and given the binomial name Dysithamnus leucostictus.[2] The specific name is from the Ancient Greek leukos "white" and stiktos "spotted".[3]

There are two recognised subspecies:[4]

  • D. l. tucuyensis Hartert, 1894 – north Venezuela
  • D. l. leucostictus Sclater, PL, 1858 – east Colombia to north Peru

The coastal Venezuelan race is sometimes given specific status as the Venezuelan antvireo (Dysithamnus tucuyensis).[5][6]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Dysithamnus leucostictus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1858). "Notes on a collection of birds received by M. Verreaux of Paris from the Rio Napo in the Republic of Ecuador". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 59–77 [66].
  3. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E., eds. "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  5. Ridgely, Robert S.; Tudor, Guy (2009). Birds of South America: Passerines. Helm Field Guides. London: Christopher Helm. p. 339. ISBN 978-1-408-11342-4.
  6. Hilty, Steven L. (2002). Birds of Venezuela (2nd ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 524. ISBN 978-0-691-09250-8.
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