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[[Image:090708-0437 07.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Male, Subspecies ''difficilis ''<br />Photo © by {{user|Dave+Clark|Dave Clark}}<br />Northern [[Transpantaneira Road|Pantanal]], Mato Grosso, [[Brazil]], July 2009]] | [[Image:090708-0437 07.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Male, Subspecies ''difficilis ''<br />Photo © by {{user|Dave+Clark|Dave Clark}}<br />Northern [[Transpantaneira Road|Pantanal]], Mato Grosso, [[Brazil]], July 2009]] | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 20 November 2023
- Thamnophilus doliatus
Includes Caatinga Antshrike
Identification
15–16 cm (6-6¼ in)
Male
- Black and white barring
- Black crest wtih white base which is raised in display
Female
- Rufous upperparts
- Chestnut crest
- Sides of head and neck streaked with black
- Rich buff underparts
Distribution
Central and South America:
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Tobago
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina
Taxonomy
Has been considered conspecific with Chapman's Antshrike in the past.
Subspecies
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Araripe, Ceará, Brazil, July, 2017
There are 12 subspecies[1]:
- T. d. intermedius (yucatanensis, pacificus): Eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas) to Belize, Guatemala and western Panama
- T. d. nigricristatus: Central Panama (eastern Chiriquí and southern Veraguas to western San Blas)
- T. d. eremnus: Coiba Island (Panama)
- T. d. nesiotes: Pearl Islands (Gulf of Panama)
- T. d. albicans: Caribbean slope of Colombia and south in Magdalena Valley to Huila
- T. d. nigrescens: North-central Colombia east of Andes and north-western Venezuela north of Andes
- T. d. tobagensis: Tobago
- T. d. doliatus (fraterculus): North-eastern Colombia to the Guianas and northern Amazonian Brazil; Trinidad
- T. d. radiatus (subradiatus, signatus, novus): Extreme south-eastern Colombia to eastern Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina
- T. d. cadwaladeri: Southern Bolivia (Tarija)
- T. d. difficilis: East-central Brazil (eastern Maranhão to eastern Mato Grosso, Goiás and western Bahia)
- T. d. capistratus: Eastern Brazil (Ceará to extreme northern Minas Gerais and central Bahia)
The last subspecies is sometimes considered a separate species, Caatinga Antshrike, T. capistratus.
Habitat
Arid or humid lowland wooded habitats; mangroves, riparian shrubs, gardens and cultivated areas.
Behaviour
Constantly on the move.
Breeding
A cup nest is built and placed in a shrub. Both adults incubate the 2 purple-marked creamy white eggs for 2 weeks. The chicks fledge in another 12-13 days.
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects such as beetles, ants and other arthropods, small lizards and berries.
References
- 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/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)
- BF Member observations
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Barred Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Barred_Antshrike
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
