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[[Image:Uniform_Antshrike.jpg|thumb|550px|right|'''Male'''. Photo by {{user|Pitter|Pitter}}<br/>Dapa, Valle, [[Colombia]], October 2007]]
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;[[:Category:Thamnophilus|Thamnophilus]] unicolor
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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*''T.u. unicolor''
 
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*''T.u. caudatus''
 
*''T.u. caudatus''
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[[Image:Female Uniform AntshrikeGF.JPG|thumb|450px|right|'''Female''' Photo by {{user|Gerald+Friesen|Gerald Friesen}}<br />western slope [[Ecuador]],  April, 2018]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
  
[[Image:Uniform_Antshrike_fem_by_Pitter.jpg‎|thumb|350px|right|'''Female or juvenile'''. Photo by {{user|Pitter|Pitter}}<br/>Dapa, Valle, [[Colombia]], June 2010.]]
 
 
Interior of moist forests to cloud forests, from mid to mid-high elevation.
 
Interior of moist forests to cloud forests, from mid to mid-high elevation.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==

Latest revision as of 20:00, 14 May 2018

Male Photo by Gerald Friesen
western slope Ecuador, April, 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
Female Photo by Gerald Friesen
western slope Ecuador, April, 2018

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

  1. 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.
  2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

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