Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Thamnophilus (18 species, 30 worldwide)


White-shouldered Antshrike
White-shouldered Antshrike (Thamnophilus aethiops) Male
Bellandia Lodge, Pastaza, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

White-shouldered Antshrike
White-shouldered Antshrike (Thamnophilus aethiops) Female
Bellandia Lodge, Pastaza, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Amazonian Antshrike
Amazonian Antshrike (Thamnophilus amazonicus cinereiceps) Male
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Amazonian Antshrike
Amazonian Antshrike (Thamnophilus amazonicus) Female
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common. Not always inside the forest.
Female on nest.

Upland Antshrike
Upland Antshrike (Thamnophilus aroyae) Male
La Paz, Coroico, Bolivia  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-crowned Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha atrinucha) Male
San Cipriano, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-crowned Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) Female
Soberania National Park, Panama  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A common widespread species once called Western Slaty Antshrike.

Collared Antshrike
Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi)
Chaparri, Peru  
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.


Variable Antshrike
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens melanchrous) Male
Machu Picchu, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Variable Antshrike
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens) Male
Nova Friburgo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Variable Antshrike
Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens caerulescens) Female
Santa Maria Madelena, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A smaller antshrike where the male has a large variation of color. In north Peru the male is all black, while in south Peru the belly is spotted white. Further east it is greyish.
Female on nest.

Castelnau's Antshrike
Castelnau's Antshrike (Thamnophilus cryptoleucus) Male Near Threatened
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Castelnau's Antshrike
Castelnau's Antshrike (Thamnophilus cryptoleucus) Female Near Threatened
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
  Found in Amazon big river ecosystem.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Acre Antshrike
Acre Antshrike (Thamnophilus divisorius) Male
Serra do Divisor National Park, Acre, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info



Barred Antshrike
Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) Male
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Barred Antshrike
Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus albicans) Female
San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

From back.
Female showing unbarred front.

Mouse-colored Antshrike
Mouse-colored Antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus canipennis) Male
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Mouse-colored Antshrike
Mouse-colored Antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus canipennis) Female
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Race canipennis is more uniformly and lighter grey than the other two races, which have brown to dark grey wings. Vocally almost exactly like a Plain-winged Antshrike.
Female from front.
Bird with bill deformity.

Chestnut-backed Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antshrike (Thamnophilus palliatus) Male
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Chestnut-backed Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antshrike (Thamnophilus palliatus) Female
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Cocha Antshrike
Cocha Antshrike (Thamnophilus praecox) Male Near Threatened Rare/Accidental
Sani Lodge, Sucumbíos province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Cocha Antshrike
Cocha Antshrike (Thamnophilus praecox) Female Near Threatened Rare/Accidental
Sani Lodge, Sucumbíos province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Local. Once considered an endemic species of Ecuador, the Cocha Antshrike has now been found in Colombian on the Brazil border. Note female similar to White-shouldered Antbird female. The Cocha Antshrike has not yet been recorded in Peru.

Northern Slaty Antshrike
Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus interpositus) Male
Las Unamas Natural Reserve, San Martin, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Northern Slaty Antshrike
Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus interpositus) Female
Las Unamas Natural Reserve, Meta, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Rufous-capped Antshrike
Rufous-capped Antshrike (Thamnophilus ruficapillus ruficapillus) Male
Campana, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo   © All Rights Reserved.

Races further north and west (Peru,Bolivia) are darker. Note male is more barred than female.

Plain-winged Antshrike
Plain-winged Antshrike (Thamnophilus schistaceus) Male
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Plain-winged Antshrike
Plain-winged Antshrike (Thamnophilus schistaceus capitalis) Female
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

On male note darker color on cap. Wings unspotted (plain). Vocally just like the Mouse-colored Antshrike, but male is darker and both have a red, not light grey, eye. Note asubspecies schistaceus male is all very dark grey.
At a nest of 'green moss, lichens or fungus-whitened twigs' as described by HBW.

Lined Antshrike
Lined Antshrike (Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus tenuifasciatus) Male Vulnerable
Cotundo, Napo province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Lined Antshrike
Lined Antshrike (Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus) Female Vulnerable
Archidona, Napo, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by François Grenon   © All Rights Reserved.

A foothill species (1000 m.).

Uniform Antshrike
Uniform Antshrike (Thamnophilus unicolor grandior) Male
Predio de Conservacion Ecologico Paniquita, Cali, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Uniform Antshrike
Uniform Antshrike (Thamnophilus unicolor grandior) Female
Anchicaya, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Chapman's Antshrike
Chapman's Antshrike (Thamnophilus zarumae zarumae) Male
south, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info

Chapman's Antshrike
Chapman's Antshrike (Thamnophilus zarumae) Female
Catsupe, Peru  
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.



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