Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Thamnophilus (11 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.

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.


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

Barred Antshrike
Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus doliatus) Male
French Guiana
  The northern 'doliatus' (nominate) subspecies has a lot of white in the crest.
   
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE   © 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.

Streak-backed Antshrike
Streak-backed Antshrike (Thamnophilus insignis) Male
La Escalera (Sierra de Lema), Bolívar state, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Black-backed Antshrike
Black-backed Antshrike (Thamnophilus melanonotus) Male
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-backed Antshrike
Black-backed Antshrike (Thamnophilus melanonotus) Female
Minca, Magdalena, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Found in dry areas, but not the desert where the Black-crested Antshrike is common.
From front.

Bar-crested Antshrike
Bar-crested Antshrike (Thamnophilus multistriatus) Male
Tarso, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Bar-crested Antshrike
Bar-crested Antshrike (Thamnophilus multistriatus multistriatus) Female
Medellin, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Vocal. Found inside and outside of the forest, and even in small forest fragments inside cities. Found at higher altitudes than the similar Barred Antshrike. Male is completely barred, including back, belly and crest.

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.

Blackish-grey Antshrike
Blackish-grey Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigrocinereus cinereoniger) Male Near Threatened
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Blackish-grey Antshrike
Blackish-grey Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigrocinereus cinereoniger) Female Near Threatened
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A varzea species. Note that the immature is much lighter in color.

Chestnut-backed Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antshrike (Thamnophilus palliatus) Rare/Accidental
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
  The Chestnut-backed Antshrike is found in southeast South America, but a similar but darker Antshrike has recently been discovered in Inirida.
   
Photograph by Manakin Nature Tours - Luis Urueña   © All Rights Reserved.


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.



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