Feeds on insects gleaned from
bamboo...endemic to the Atlantic
forest of Argentina and Brazil.
Biatas nigropectus
(L 7")
Intervales State Park
11Oct2017
IUCN WATCH
LIST STATUS IS
VULNERABLE
A bamboo specialist
threatened by habitat loss.
Biatus in Greek means forcefull
or mighty; nigropectus in Latin
means black breast.
South American tropical bird
habitats are being destroyed at
a rate unseen since the collapse
of the Maya civilization.
(Scott Weidensaul)
© Davis W
Finch
Macaulay
Library