White-bearded antshrike
| White-bearded antshrike | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Biatas Cabanis & Heine, 1859 |
| Species: | B. nigropectus |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.
Ecology
In Argentina, the white-bearded antshrike has been found only in Guadua bamboo, especially yatevo (Guadua trinii).[2] 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.[2]
Conservation
The white-bearded antshrike is globally Vulnerable.[1][3] The main threat to this species is habitat loss from clearing of bamboo.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2012). "Biatas nigropectus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bodrati, A. & K. Cockle. 2006. Habitat, distribution, and conservation of Atlantic forest birds in Argentina: Notes on nine rare or threatened species. Ornitologia Neotropical 17: 243-258.
- ↑ BirdLife International. 2004. BirdLife Species Factsheet.