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| − | + | [[Image:Male Uniform AntshrikeGF.JPG|thumb|550px|right|'''Male''' Photo by {{user|Gerald+Friesen|Gerald Friesen}}<br />western slope [[Ecuador]], April, 2018]] | |
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;[[:Category:Thamnophilus|Thamnophilus]] unicolor | ;[[:Category:Thamnophilus|Thamnophilus]] unicolor | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Male evenly dark grey, female rufous with dark grey face and throat. Notice the iris is pale, not red like most similar species. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]]. | + | Andes of [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Peru]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Three subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: | ||
| + | *''T.u. grandior'' | ||
| + | *''T.u. unicolor'' | ||
| + | *''T.u. caudatus'' | ||
| + | [[Image:Female Uniform AntshrikeGF.JPG|thumb|450px|right|'''Female''' Photo by {{user|Gerald+Friesen|Gerald Friesen}}<br />western slope [[Ecuador]], April, 2018]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | ||
| + | Interior of moist forests to cloud forests, from mid to mid-high elevation. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Usually seen as a pair feeding quietly, not following mixed species flocks. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}# Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Thamnophilus+unicolor}} | {{GSearch|Thamnophilus+unicolor}} | ||
Latest revision as of 20:00, 14 May 2018
- Thamnophilus unicolor
Identification
Male evenly dark grey, female rufous with dark grey face and throat. Notice the iris is pale, not red like most similar species.
Distribution
Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Taxonomy
Three subspecies are recognized[1]:
- T.u. grandior
- T.u. unicolor
- T.u. caudatus
Habitat
Interior of moist forests to cloud forests, from mid to mid-high elevation.
Behaviour
Usually seen as a pair feeding quietly, not following mixed species flocks.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
