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Black-hooded Antshrike - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Parque Nacional Carara, Costa Rica, March 2007
Thamnophilus bridgesi

Identification

Female
Photo © by Stanley Jones
Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, February 2015

Male

  • Black
  • Small white spots on wing coverts
  • White tips on outer tail feathers

Female

  • Brown with white streaks and spots

Distribution

Central America: found on the Pacific slope of south-western Costa Rica and western Panama.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Lowlands and foothills, edges of the jungle, in second growth forests, and in mangroves. Observed at heights around 130 m.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet has been poorly recorded but includes insects such as crickets, grasshoppers and spiders.

References

  1. 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/
  2. The Firefly Forest
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2015)
  4. BF Member observations

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