- Sakesphoroides cristatus
Sakesphorus cristatus
Identification
14cm (5½ in).
- 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
Diet
Feeds on insects and other arthropods.
Forages usually in dense cover, singly, in pairs or in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
No information about breeding.
Movements
Probably a resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- 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
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Silvery-cheeked Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Silvery-cheeked_Antshrike
