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Cahuita, Costa Rica

Alternative name: Western Slaty-Antshrike

Thamnophilus atrinucha

Identification

Female, subspecies atrinucha
Photo © by jirijech
Cahuita NP, Costa Rica, December 2012

15 cm (6 in)
Male

  • Grey overall plumage (darker upperparts)
  • Black crown

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: found in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
South America: western Colombia, western Venezuela, western Ecuador and Peru

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • T. a. atrinucha:
  • T. a. gorgonae:

Habitat

Lowland and foothill semi-decidluous forests, where they stick to the lower and understorey.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of insects such as grasshoppers, katydids and crickets; also adult and larval lepidoptera.

Breeding

Both adults construct the nest.

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. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Jan 2018)

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External Links

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