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White-cheeked Antbird

Gymnopithys leucaspis (Sclater, PL 1855)

The white-cheeked antbird 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thamnophilidae
Genus:
   Gymnopithys
Scientific:
  Gymnopithys leucaspis


Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL 1855)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.22, no.275 p.253 pl.70

Imprint year:
  1854

Protonym:
  Myrmeciza leucaspis

Type locality:
  Chamicuros, Peru, 'Bogota'; and Cobati on the Rio Negro. Villavicencio suggested as type locality by Niceforo, Caldasia, 4, no. 19, 1947, p. 345.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96679#page/581/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  235DE47B13DAA3FE

Avibase ID:
  avibase-235DE47B

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/235DE47B


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560334

Geographic range:

  • Gymnopithys leucaspis leucaspis: tropical eastern Colombia
  • Gymnopithys leucaspis castaneus: eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru (north of the Río Marañón)
  • Gymnopithys leucaspis peruanus: north-central Amazonian Peru (south of the Río Marañón)
  • Gymnopithys leucaspis lateralis: southeastern Colombia (eastern Caquetá eastward to southern Guainía, southward to Amazonas), far northeastern Peru (east of Río Napo), and northwestern Amazonian Brazil north of the Amazon River (eastward to Rio Negro)
English:
White-cheeked Antbird
Catalan:
formiguera bicolor
Czech:
mravenčík dvoubarvý
Danish:
Hvidkindet Myrefugl
German:
Braunweiß-Ameisenvogel
Spanish:
Hormiguero Cariblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Hormiguero cariblanco
Finnish:
kirjomuura
French:
Fourmilier à joues blanches
Croatian:
smeđoleđa mravarica
Hungarian:
kétszínű hangyászmadár
Italian:
Formichiere bicolore
Japanese (romaji):
hoojironishokuaridori
Japanese:
ホオジロニショクアリドリ
Lithuanian:
Dvispalvė kanapėtoji skruzdinukė
Dutch:
Witwangmiervogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sotflankemaurvaktar
Norwegian:
Sotflankemaurvokter
Polish:
mrówczyk białobrzuchy
Portuguese:
Mãe-de-taoca-bochechuda
Portuguese (Brazil):
mãe-de-taoca-bochechuda
Portuguese (Portugal):
formigueiro-de-faces-brancas
Russian:
Белобрюхая гологлазка
Slovak:
mravcosled pavézový
Serbian:
Mravarka belih obraza
Swedish:
vitkindad myrfågel
Ukrainian:
Мурав’янка білощока
Chinese:
白颊蚁鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
白頰蟻鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Fourmilier à joues blanches ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Fourmilier à joues blanches ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
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Clements, version 2023:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
White-cheeked Antbird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Gymnopithys leucaspis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Gymnopithys [leucaspis or bicolor] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Catalan: formiguera bicolor
Czech: Mravencík dvoubarvý, mravenčík dvoubarvý
Danish: Hvidkindet Myrefugl
German: Braunweiß-Ameisenvogel, Braunweißer Ameisenvogel, Weißohr-Ameisenvogel, Zweifarben-Ame
English: Bicolored Antbird, Bicolored antcacher, Bicolored Antcatcher, Bicoloured Antbird, Bicoloured antcacher, Bicoloured Antcatcher, White cheeked Antbird, White-cheeked Antbird
English, HBW: White-cheeked Antbird
English (IOC): White-cheeked Antbird
English (United States): White-cheeked Antbird
Spanish: Hormiguero bicolor, Hormiguero cachetiblanco, Hormiguero cariblanco, Hormiguero del Monte
Spanish (Colombia): Hormiguero Bicolor
Spanish (Costa Rica): Hormiguero bicolor
Spanish (Ecuador): Hormiguero cachetiblanco
Spanish (Spain): Hormiguero cariblanco
Spanish (HBW): White-cheeked Antbird
Spanish (Honduras): Hormiguero bicolor
Spanish (Nicaragua): Hormiguero Bicolor
Spanish (Panama): Hormiguero Cachetiblanco
Spanish (Peru): Hormiguero de Mejilla Blanca
Finnish: Harmaakorvamuura, kirjomuura
French: Fourmilier à joues blanches, Fourmilier bicolore
Croatian: smeđoleđa mravarica
Hungarian: kétszínű hangyászmadár
Italian: Formichiere bicolore, Formichiere guancebianche, Pigliaformiche bicolore
Japanese (romaji): hoojironishokuaridori, nishokunearidori
Japanese: ニショクネアリドリ, ホオジロニショクアリドリ
Scientific: Gymnopithys leucapsis, Gymnopithys leucaspis, Gymnopithys leucaspis leucaspis, Myrmeciza leucaspis
Lithuanian: Dvispalvė kanapėtoji skruzdinukė
Dutch: Witoormiervogel, Witoor-miervogel, Witwangmiervogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sotflankemaurvaktar
Norwegian: Brunflankemaurvokter, Sotflankemaurvokter
Polish: mrówczyk bialobrzuchy, mrówczyk białobrzuchy
Portuguese: Mãe-de-taoca-bochechuda, papa-formiga-bicolor
Portuguese (Brazil): mae-de-taoca-bochechuda, mãe-de-taoca-bochechuda , papa-formiga-bicolor
Portuguese (Portugal): formigueiro-de-faces-brancas
Russian: Белобрюхая гологлазка, Белощёкая пёстрая муравьянка
Slovak: mravcosled pavézový
Serbian: Mravarka belih obraza
Swedish: Tvåfärgad myrfågel, vitkindad myrfågel
Turkish: Ak yüzlü karıncakuşu
Ukrainian: Мурав’янка білощока
Chinese: 双色蚁鸟, 白颊蚁鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 白頰蟻鳥, 雙色蟻鳥〔白頰蟻鳥〕

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