Silvery-cheeked Antshrike

Male
Photo by Ciro Albano
Chapada do Araripe, Brazil, November 2004

Sakesphorus cristatus

Identification

Photo of Female by Xyko Paludo
Sítio Pau Preto, Potengi, Ceará, Brazil, July, 2017

14cm.

• Black crest, face and bib
• Silvery cheeks and sides of the neck
• Rufous-brown wings with white wing-bars
• Black tail with bold white bars

Females are pale rufous above with brighter rufous on the crown and tail and buffy-white on the underparts.

Distribution

Northeast Brazil.
Fairly common in its small range.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It may form a superspecies with Black-crested Antshrike and Collared Antshrike.

Habitat

Dry forests and shrubland (caatinga). Occurs up to 1100m.

Behaviour

Feeds on insects and other arthropods.
Forages usually in dense cover, singly, in pairs or in mixed-species flocks.
No information about breeding.
Probably a resident species.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Dickinson, EC, ed. 2003. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed., with updates to October 2008 (Corrigenda 8). Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691117010
3. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
4. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2003. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 8: Broadbills to Tapaculos. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334504

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Silvery-cheeked Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Silvery-cheeked_Antshrike

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