Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Drymophila (11 species)

Genus Drymophila are small slender antbirds with long tails and calls similar to each other, and are often found with bamboo. Many were formerly considered the same species.


East Andean Antbird
East Andean Antbird (Drymophila caudata) Male Near Threatened
Range: SA: w slope of the Eastern Andes and the Upper Magdalena valley (e Colombia)
Palestina, Huila, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the former Long-tailed Antbird based on differences in 'loadsong' and male having a black 'mid-crown to hindcrown'. Found in Santander and upper Magdalena Valley. (HBW)

Striated Antbird
Striated Antbird (Drymophila devillei devillei)
Range: SA: s, sw Amazonia
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Ferruginous Antbird
Ferruginous Antbird (Drymophila ferruginea)
Range: SA: se Brazil
Serra das Andorinhas, Iporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Carlos Henrique Luz Nunes de Almeida     Copyright and usage info


Rufous-tailed Antbird
Rufous-tailed Antbird (Drymophila genei)
Range: SA: se Brazil
Itatiaia National Park, Brazil,  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Santa Marta Antbird
Santa Marta Antbird (Drymophila hellmayri) Near Threatened
Range: SA: Santa Marta Mts. (Colombia)
Santa Marta Sierra Nevada, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Jorge Muñoz   © All Rights Reserved.


Klages's Antbird
Klages's Antbird (Drymophila klagesi) Male
Range: SA: Venezuela and ne Colombia
Cesar Department, Colombia
  Typical drymophila antbird best identified by range.
   
Photograph by Andres Cuervo     Copyright and usage info

Klages's Antbird
Klages's Antbird (Drymophila klagesi) Female
Range: SA: Venezuela and ne Colombia
Cesar Department, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Andres Cuervo     Copyright and usage info


Dusky-tailed Antbird
Dusky-tailed Antbird (Drymophila malura) Male
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and s, se Brazil
Reserva Guainumbi, Sao Luis do Paraitinga-SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Dario Sanches     Copyright and usage info

Dusky-tailed Antbird
Dusky-tailed Antbird (Drymophila malura) Female
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and s, se Brazil
Trilha dos Tucanos, Tapiraí, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Ochre-rumped Antbird
Ochre-rumped Antbird (Drymophila ochropyga) Near Threatened
Range: SA: e, se Brazil
Rio Piracicaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Bertoni's Antbird
Bertoni's Antbird (Drymophila rubricollis) Female
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and se Brazil
Salesópolis, SP, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Scaled Antbird
Scaled Antbird (Drymophila squamata stictocorypha) Male
Range: SA: e, se Brazil
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Scaled Antbird
Scaled Antbird (Drymophila squamata) Female
Range: SA: e, se Brazil
REGUA, Cachoeiras de Macacu, RJ, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Streak-headed Antbird
Streak-headed Antbird (Drymophila striaticeps) Male
Range: SA: w, c Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia along the main Andean cordillera
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Streak-headed Antbird
Streak-headed Antbird (Drymophila striaticeps) Female
Range: SA: w, c Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia along the main Andean cordillera
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The most widely distributed antbird in a five-way split of the Long-tailed Antbird (genus Drymophila).


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