Collared Antshrike

Male
Photo © by NJLarsen
Jorupe reserve, Loja, SW Ecuador, June 11, 2019

Thamnophilus bernardi

Sakesphorus bernardi

Identification

16-18 cm (female slightly smaller than male)
Male

• Black hood from breast to back of head culminates in a bushy crest
• Collar and underside white
• Nape rufous-brown, wings brownish with white and black edgings
• Tail black with white tips and outer edge.

Female

• Crest rufous or with variable amounts of black
• Side of head dark grey speckled white
• Collar and underside buffy
• Nape and wings brownish, wings with white edges
• Tail rufous

Distribution

Female
Photo © by WilsonDiaz
Chaparri Private Reserve, northern Peru, November 2010

South America: found only in Peru and Ecuador where found west of the Andes and in the Marañón valley.

Taxonomy

Moved from genus Sakesphorus to genus Thamnophilus.^[1][2][3]. shumbae split by some authorities as Maranon antshrike.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized:

• T. b. bernardi:

• Arid tropical south-western Ecuador to north-central Peru); Isla Puná

• T. b. shumbae:

• North-central Peru (Río Marañón drainage in Cajamarca and Amazonas). Compared with nominate, male with more white on face and smaller dark throat patch but (perhaps) darker upperparts. Female is paler than nominate and almost white below. It has a brighter rufous crown^[7].

Some authorities recognize two additional subspecies, piurae and cajamarcae.

Habitat

Dry forests, dry and moist shrubland.

Behaviour

Find its food in wines and other tangles, mostly low over or occasionally on the ground. Food consists of invertebrates and occasionally may take vertebrates or fruit.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. SACC proposal read July 6, 2008.
4. HBWalive read July 2019
5. Neotropical birds online read July 2019
6. Wikipedia
7. Schulenberg, T. S., Stotz, D. F.

Lane, D. F., O’Neill, J. P., Parker III, T. A. 2007. Birds of Peru. Princeton and Oxford.

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Collared Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Collared_Antshrike

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