Male, subspecies tenuepunctatus
Photo by Stanley Jones
Napo Province, northeast of Narupa, Ecuador, January 2016
Photo by Stanley Jones
Napo Province, northeast of Narupa, Ecuador, January 2016
- Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
Identification
15–16 cm (6-6¼ in)
- Crest
- Yellowish iris
Male
- Black crown
- Black overall plumage with narrow white barring
- Black-streaked white throat
Distribution
Female, subspecies beriepschi
Photo by Stanley Jones
Cabañas Copalinga, south of Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipa Province, Ecuador, November 2014
Photo by Stanley Jones
Cabañas Copalinga, south of Zamora, Zamora-Chinchipa Province, Ecuador, November 2014
South America: found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 3 subspecies[1]
- T. t. tenuepunctatus:
- Eastern slope of Eastern Andes of north-central Colombia
- T. t. tenuifasciatus:
- Eastern slope of south-central Colombia (Putumayo) and eastern Ecuador
- T. t. berlepschi:
- Eastern slope of south-eastern Ecuador (southern Zamora-Chinchipe) and north-eastern Peru
Habitat
humid evergreen-forest edge; also shrubby, regenerating plantations, hotel grounds with submontane rainforest. Observed at heights around 920m.
Behaviour
Diet
They forage singly or in pairs in dense thickets. Little information is available about their diet but they are known to eat insects and arthropods.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved May 2015)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Lined Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Lined_Antshrike
