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Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

Spot-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus puncticeps) - HBW 8, p. 570

French: Batara ponctué German: Tüpfelscheitelwürgerling Spanish: Batarito Coronipunteado

Taxonomy: Dysithamnus puncticeps Salvin, 1866, Calovévora, Veraguas, Panama.
Relationships of genus not clearly established; preliminary molecular evidence suggests affiliation with Thamnophilus, and morphological characteristics have connected it with Thamnomanes. Present species and D. stictothorax, D. mentalis, D. striaticeps and D. xanthopterus appear to form a monophyletic group to which other species placed in the genus are probably closely related. Birds from S Panama and W Colombia described as race intensus and others from SW Colombia and W Ecuador as flemmingi on basis of darkness of plumage, but appare.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Dysithamnus puncticeps Salvin, 1866, Calovévora, Veraguas, Panama.
Relationships of genus not clearly established; preliminary molecular evidence suggests affiliation with Thamnophilus, and morphological characteristics have connected it with Thamnomanes. Present species and D. stictothorax, D. mentalis, D. striaticeps and D. xanthopterus appear to form a monophyletic group to which other species placed in the genus are probably closely related. Birds from S Panama and W Colombia described as race intensus and others from SW Colombia and W Ecuador as flemmingi on basis of darkness of plumage, but apparently intergrade broadly with each other and with other populations; racial subdivision considered unwarranted. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Costa Rica (Limón), Panama (Caribbean slope, also Pacific slope in extreme E Panamá and Darién), W Colombia (Pacific slope, and lower Cauca Valley in Antioquia) and NW Ecuador (S to Los Ríos and Manabí).

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