White-streaked antvireo

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.

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 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. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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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