Chestnut-backed Antshrike - BirdForum Opus

Photo by arthurgrosset
Camacã, Bahia, Brazil, March 2004

Thamnophilus palliatus

Identification

Female
Photo © by Fritz73
Camacan, Brazil, 6 September 2017

17cm.
Male

• Rufous-chestnut back and tail
• Black crown
• Streaked and barred black and white underparts and sides of head
• Dark iris
• Grey bill, legs and feet
  

Female: similar, rufous-chestnut crown

Distribution

Two separate populations: coastal eastern Brazil; and from just south of the Amazon River in estern Brazil to Bolivia and Peru.

Photo by Rafael Fortes
Angra dos Reis-RJ, Brazil, June 2010

Taxonomy

Four subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• T.p. similis:

• Eastern slope of Andes of central Peru (Huánuco and Junín)

• T.p. puncticeps:

• South-eastern Peru (Cusco and Puno) to northern Bolivia and southern Amazonian Brazil

• T.p. palliatus:

• Brazil south of River Amazon and coastal north-eastern Brazil (Paraíba to northern Bahia)

• T.p. vestitus:

• Coastal eastern Brazil (southern Bahia to Rio de Janeiro)

Habitat

Forest edges, secondary woodland, bamboo, parks, gardens.

Behaviour

It builds a cup nest from twigs.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Ridgely and Tudor 2009. Field guide to the songbirds of South America - The Passerines. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-71979-8
3. Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
4. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-backed Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-backed_Antshrike

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