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Thamnophilus amazonicus

Male
Photo by lior kislev
Chino, Otawaio River, Peru, January 2010

Identification

Male:

• Grey head, neck and underparts
  

Female:

• Bright orange-rufous, fading towards the belly
• Black wings with white wing-bars

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Female
Photo by lior kislev
Chino, Otawaio River, Peru, January 2010

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

• T. a. cinereiceps:

• East-central Colombia to south-western Venezuela and north-western Brazil

• T. a. divaricatus:

• Extreme eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and north-eastern Amazonian Brazil

• T. a. amazonicus:

• South-eastern Colombia to northern Bolivia and western Brazil (south of River Amazon)

• T. a. obscurus:

• Southern-central Amazonian Brazil (southern Pará between River Tapajós and Tocantins)

• T. a. paraensis:

• Brazil (east of River Tocantins in eastern Pará, western Maranhão and northern Tocantins)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests and swamps.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Amazonian Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Amazonian_Antshrike

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