White-bearded Antshrike | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Biatas Cabanis & Heine, 1859 |
Species: | B. nigropectus |
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Biatas nigropectus (Lafresnaye, 1850) |
The White-bearded Antshrike (Biatas nigropectus) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family, the only member of the genus Biatas. It is endemic to the Atlantic forest of Argentina and Brazil.
The White-bearded Antshrike is a bamboo specialist. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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In Argentina, the White-bearded Antshrike has been found only in Guadua bamboo, especially yatevo (Guadua trinii).[1] It feeds on insects that it gleans from bamboo. It is a cryptic species that rarely sings so very little is known about its ecology.[1]
The White-bearded Antshrike is globally Vulnerable.[2][3] The main threat to this species is habitat loss from clearing of bamboo.