Bird Genus Thamnophilus

Antbird Information … Listing of Species

Subfamily Thamnophilinae: antshrikes and relatives

• Genus Thamnophilus (possibly polyphyletic – derived from more than one ancestral type)
  • Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus
    • Caatinga Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus (doliatus) capistratus
  • Chapman’s Antshrike, Thamnophilus zarumae: Found in Ecuador and Peru.
  • Bar-crested Antshrike, Thamnophilus multistriatus: Found in Colombia and Venezuela.
  • Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Thamnophilus palliatus: Found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
  • Lined Antshrike, Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus: Found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
  • Black-hooded Antshrike, Thamnophilus bridgesi
  • Black Antshrike, Thamnophilus nigriceps: Found in Colombia and Panama.
  • Cocha Antshrike, Thamnophilus praecox: Endemic to Ecuador.
  • Blackish-gray Antshrike, Thamnophilus nigrocinereus
  • Castelnau’s Antshrike, Thamnophilus cryptoleucus: Found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
  • White-shouldered Antshrike, Thamnophilus aethiops
  • Uniform Antshrike, Thamnophilus unicolor: Found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
  • Upland Antshrike, Thamnophilus aroyae: Found in Bolivia and Peru.
  • Plain-winged Antshrike, Thamnophilus schistaceus: Found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
  • Mouse-colored Antshrike, Thamnophilus murinus: Found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
  • Western Slaty Antshrike, Thamnophilus atrinucha: Found in from western Ecuador, western Colombia, western Venezuela, and Central America as far north as Belize. It was previously included in the widespread Slaty Antshrike (T. punctatus), but following the split, this scientific name is now restricted to the Guianan Slaty-Antshrike.
  • Northern Slaty Antshrike, Thamnophilus punctatus
    • Guianan Slaty Antshrike, Thamnophilus (p.) punctatus
    • Marañón (or Peruvian) Slaty Antshrike, Thamnophilus (punctatus) leucogaster
  • Natterer’s Slaty Antshrike, Thamnophilus stictocephalus: Found in northern Bolivia (Beni Department and Santa Cruz Department) and Brazil (in the southern Amazon between the Tocantins River, Xingu, Tapajós, and Madeira Rivers). It was previously included in the widespread Slaty Antshrike (T. punctatus), but following the split, this scientific name is now restricted to the Guianan Slaty-Antshrike.
  • Bolivian Slaty Antshrike, Thamnophilus sticturus: Found in Bolivia (departments of Beni, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz), Brazil (the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul), and northern Paraguay (Alto Paraguay department). It was previously included in the widespread Slaty Antshrike (T. punctatus), but following the split, this scientific name is now restricted to the Guianan Slaty-Antshrike. It occurs at low levels in forest and woodland; especially in places with dense growth.
  • Planalto Slaty Antshrike, Thamnophilus pelzelni: Endemic to eastern and south-central Brazil. . It was previously included in the widespread Slaty Antshrike (T. punctatus), but following the split, this scientific name is now restricted to the Guianan Slaty-Antshrike. Its occurs at low levels in forest and woodland, especially in areas with dense growth.
  • Sooretama Slaty Antshrike, Thamnophilus ambiguus: Endemic to coastal regions of eastern Brazil between Sergipe and São Paulo. It was previously included in the widespread Slaty Antshrike (T. punctatus), but following the split, this scientific name is now restricted to the Guianan Slaty-Antshrike. It occurs at low levels in forest and woodland, especially, but not exclusively, humid.
  • Acre Antshrike, Thamnophilus divisorus: Its closest relatives are the Streak-backed Antshrike and the Amazonian Antshrike (Whitney et al. 2004). It was discovered in 1996 in the Acre Arch uplands in the state of Acre in Brazil, and described as a species new to science in 2004. It is found in low-growing woodland. Its known range lies within the remote Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor in Brazil and the adjacent Parque Nacional de la Sierra del Divisor in Peru, but it is believed to be common there. It has only recently been evaluated by BirdLife International where it has been given a status of Least Concern for the 2007 Red List.
  • Streak-backed Antshrike, Thamnophilus insignis: Found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.
  • Amazonian Antshrike, Thamnophilus amazonicus: Occurs in the Amazon Basin of Brazil, and east to Maranhão state; also Amazonian Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. It is in the Guianas in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, also two regions of Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. The Amazonian Antshrike is found in the entire Amazon Basin and the Guianas, minus a small region in southwestern Venezuela and Roraima state Brazil in the northwest section of the Basin.
  • Variable Antshrike, Thamnophilus caerulescens
  • Rufous-winged Antshrike, Thamnophilus torquatus: Found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay; the northwestern half of its range is much of the southeast Amazon Basin.
  • Rufous-capped Antshrike, Thamnophilus ruficapillus: Found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.