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Male
Photo by PanamaHarpy
Pipeline Road Entrance, Panama, September 2011

Cymbilaimus lineatus



Identification

7". Heavy hooked bill. Eyes red.
Male: crown black usually with a few fine white bars; rest of upperparts, wings, and tail black narrowly barred white; below narrowly barred black and white.
Female: crown chestnut; upperparts, wings, and tail black narrowly barred buff; below buff narrowly barred black.

Female
Photo by Robert_Scanlon
Panama, January 2004

Distribution

Central and South America: Up to 900 m. Southeast Honduras to northern Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• C. l. fasciatus:

• Extreme south-eastern Honduras and Nicaragua to north-western Ecuador

• C. l. intermedius:

• Tropical southern Colombia to southern Venezuela, northern Bolivia, Amazonian Brazil

• C. l. lineatus:

• Eastern Venezuela to French Guiana and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil

Habitat

Lowland humid forest and forest edges, riparian, secondary humid forest. Observed at heights around 622 m (2,042 ft).

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fasciated Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 November 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fasciated_Antshrike

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