- Thamnophilus divisorius
Identification
c. 15 cm.
Male
- Almost entirely dark bluish-grey plumage
- Blacker hood, wings and tail
- Mottled greyish underwing-coverts
- Sometimes some white feathers on head and small white spots at tips of some upperwing-coverts and at tips of outer rectrices
- Black bill
- Dull bluish-grey legs, yellow soles
Female
- Bluish-grey facial region and upperparts
- Slightly darker wings and tail
- Brownish-orange underparts
- Sometimes with some small buffish-orange spots on tips of some upperwing-coverts and outer rectrices
Juveniles are similar to adults.
Distribution
Endemic to Western Amazonian Brazil in Serra do Divisor National Park, also in similar habitat in adjacent Peru.
A resctricted-range species with a very small range.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species. Described as recently as in 2004.
Habitat
Found in dense ridgetop forest on thin, sandy soil. Understorey dominated by terrestrial bromeliads and ferns, trees mostly of Fabaceae family.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on arthropods, including caterpillars and orthopterans.
Forages by reaching and gleaning to nearby branches and leaves.
Breeding
No information available.
Movements
This is probably a sedentary species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Acre Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Acre_Antshrike
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
