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Abra Porculla, Northern Peru, November 2011

Thamnophilus zarumae

[edit] Identification

15cm
Male

• Black and white barred on upperside (a little more buff on uppertail coverts)
• Underside black and white barred from throat to breast, rear half buff
• Black crest with a little white, rest of head black and white
• Long tail
• Pale brown iris
• Black and grey bill
  

Female

• Brown upperside
• Pale buffy to white underside with faint streaks on breast/flanks
• Reddish-brown crest
• Face with black stripes on white to buffy base

[edit] Similar species

Barred Antshrike is similar but found on the east side of the Andes.

[edit] Distribution

South America: found on west side of Andes in Ecuador and Peru.

[edit] Taxonomy

Chapman's Antshrike has in the past been considered conspecific with Barred Antshrike; SACC mentions that Chapman's Antshrike might actually be closer related to Chestnut-backed Antshrike.

[edit] Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• T. z. zarumae:

• South-western Ecuador (El Oro and Loja) and north-western Peru (Tumbes, north-eastern Piura)

• T. z. palamblae:

• North-western Peru (south-eastern Piura and eastern Lambayeque)

[edit] Habitat

Forest edge, second growth, and scrub.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

Monogamous. Usually the pair are feeding together.

The nest is made of grasses. The 2 eggs are incubated and the young cared for by both parents.

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects and bugs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
4. SACC Baseline read October 2010
5. animals.jrank.org

• List of references

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