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White-cheeked Antbird

Gymnopithys leucaspis

Classification

Class
Aves

The white-cheeked antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis) is an insectivorous bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Taxonomy and systematics The English zoologist Philip Sclater described what is now the white-cheeked antbird in 1855 and coined the binomial name Myrmeciza leucaspis.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 293Peru · 291