| White-bearded Antshrike (Biatus nigropectus) | ||||
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Intervales, São Paulo, Brazil April 2004 The White-bearded Antshrike is distributed in south-east Brazil and north-east Argentina. It is found in Atlantic Rain Forest and secondary woodland between 500 and 1200 metres and is always associated with bamboo. |
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Because of its restricted range it is classified as Vulnerable by Birdlife International. The bill is stout, horn-coloured and appears to have a slight hook (pace Ridgely & Tudor who say it is hookless and HBW who show the bill to be dark rather than horn). |
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The male (first 3 photos) has a black crown and black lower throat and breast. It has a white upper throat which spreads round the cheeks to a creamy collar on the neck. The mantle and back are olive-brown while the wings and tail are rufous. The female (4th photo) is similar except it lacks the black breast and its crown is rufous-chestnut rather than black. It also has a prominent buffy-white supercilium where the male has only a hint of one. | |||
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It forages in the bamboo looking for insects and spiders. | |||
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