- Thamnophilus melanothorax
Sakesphorus melanothorax
Identification
16–17 cm
Male
Distribution
South America: found in Suriname, French Guiana and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Moved from genus Sakesphorus to genus Thamnophilus.[1][2]
Habitat
Heavy undergrowth with vines in humid forest or dryer among boulders; swamps.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet is not well recorded but presumably consists of a variety to insects.
Reference
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- SACC proposal read July 6, 2008.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Band-tailed Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 March 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Band-tailed_Antshrike
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.