Dysithamnus mentalis
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The plain antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis) is a passerine bird species in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Mexico, every Central American country except El Salvador, on both Trinidad and Tobago, and in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, Suriname, and Uruguay.
The plain antvireo was described by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1823 and given the binomial name Myothera mentalis. It is now placed in the genus Dysithamnus which was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1847.
The plain antvireo has these 18 subspecies: The plain antvireo is 10 to 13 cm (3.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighs 12 to 16 g (0.42 to 0.56 oz). It is a rather chunky bird with a large head and short tail. Adult males of the nominate subspecies D. m. mentalis have a dark gray forehead and crown and blackish ear coverts. Their upperparts are grayish olive with a hidden white patch between the scapulars. Their wings are dark grayish olive with olive edges on the flight feathers, white tips on the grayish olive greater coverts, blackish median coverts with white... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rio de Janeiro | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Cali | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 3 | Caracas | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Belo Horizonte | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Niterói | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | São Paulo | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Antvireo sighting in Belo Horizonte on a given day, based on 14 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 163rd most-seen of the 220 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Plain Antvireo in Belo Horizonte on a given day, against under 5% in June to April, the lowest months. That is one of Belo Horizonte's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 270 mm in December.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Plain Antvireo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
4th of 7
Of the 7 cities where we can rate Plain Antvireo sightings, Belo Horizonte ranks 4th at under 5%. The best odds are in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, about 10%), Cali (Colombia, under 5%) and Caracas (Venezuela, under 5%).
Same family: Thamnophilidae
The closest relatives of the Plain Antvireo that you can see in Belo Horizonte (family Thamnophilidae, Typical Antbirds) are Variable Antshrike (about 10%), Black-capped Antwren (about 10%) and Great Antshrike (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Plain Antvireo is recorded against all the birds logged in Belo Horizonte (14 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
