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[[Image:Silvery-cheeked_Antshrike.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Ciro Albano<br />Photo taken: Chapada do Araripe, Brazil.]]
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Black crest, face and bib, silvery cheeks and sides of the neck, rufous-brown wings with white wing-bars. The tail is black with bold white bars.  Females are pale rufous above with brighter rufous on the crown and tail and buffy-white on the underparts.
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Brazil]].
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Dry forests and shrubland.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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Revision as of 15:11, 29 April 2008

Sakesphorus cristatus
Photo by Ciro Albano
Photo taken: Chapada do Araripe, Brazil.

Identification

Black crest, face and bib, silvery cheeks and sides of the neck, rufous-brown wings with white wing-bars. The tail is black with bold white bars. Females are pale rufous above with brighter rufous on the crown and tail and buffy-white on the underparts.

Distribution

Brazil.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Dry forests and shrubland.

Behaviour

External Links

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