Plain Antvireo

Dysithamnus mentalis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thamnophilidae
Genus
Dysithamnus
eBird Code
plaant1

Vocalizations

Diego Carús · CC0_1_0
Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0
Fernando Sessegolo · CC0_1_0
Christoph Moning · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (18)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis aequatorialis

    Pacific slope of western Ecuador and far northwestern Peru (Tumbes)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis affinis

    far northeastern Bolivia and central Brazil

  • Dysithamnus mentalis andrei

    northeastern Venezuela (southern Sucre to northeastern Bolívar) and Trinidad

  • Dysithamnus mentalis cumbreanus

    coastal mountains of northern Venezuela (Falcón and Lara to northern Sucre)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis emiliae

    northeastern Brazil (southeastern Pará, northern Maranhão, Ceará, Pernambuco, and Alagoas)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis extremus

    western Andes and west slope of central Andes of Colombia

  • Dysithamnus mentalis mentalis

    southeastern Brazil (Bahia) to eastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina

  • Dysithamnus mentalis napensis

    far southern Colombia to far northern Peru (northern Amazonas)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis oberi

    Tobago

  • Dysithamnus mentalis olivaceus

    east slope of Andes of Peru (Pasco to Cusco and western Madre de Dios)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis ptaritepui

    tepuis of southern Venezuela (Ptari-tepui and Sororopán-tepui)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis semicinereus

    Andes of west-central Colombia

  • Dysithamnus mentalis septentrionalis

    Atlantic slope of southern Mexico (Campeche and Chiapas) to western Panama

  • Dysithamnus mentalis spodionotus

    southern Venezuela (southern Bolívar and Amazonas) and northern Brazil (Roraima)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis suffusus

    eastern Panama (Darién) and northwestern Colombia (northern Chocó and northern Antioquia)

  • Dysithamnus mentalis tambillanus

    east slope of Andes of northern and central Peru

  • Dysithamnus mentalis tavarae

    southeastern Peru (southeastern Madre de Dios) to central Bolivia

  • Dysithamnus mentalis viridis

    mountains of northern Colombia and northern Venezuela

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.