barred antshrike

Female

Tobago local garden

A beautiful male defendig its territory !!

This was the first day of our National Geographic/Linblad trip to Panama and Costa Rica. After an early morning walk around the Old City, we were taken to the BioMuseo, which had some lovely gardens where we saw 17 species of birds. Trying out a new Nikon Coolpix P900 - very pleased with the...

Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus subsp. radiatus) Male, species sexually dimorphic. South of Tarapoto, San Martn, Per. Ro Huallaga Valley, floodplain, xerophytic scrub at ca. 270 m (886 ft) elevation.

Thamnophilus doliatus (Linnaeus, 1764) Barred Antshrike

This bird, in dense shrubbery at edge of river was very difficult to photograph from our unstable boat. Hence the less than perfect view of the bird, and mediocre photographic quality, but I was happy to get any photograph of this species.

Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus subsp. radiatus) Male, species sexually dimorphic. South Wild, south of Pocon, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Riverine with cerrado vegetation adjacent to the Pixaim River with interspersed wetlands at ca. 128 m (420 ft) elevation.

Especially for Delia-- A Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus, Northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus intermedius) Twelve subspecies are recognized with only subspecies intermedius being mapped for Costa Rica. Species sexually dimorphic. Photographed in Nosara Biological Reserve, Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica. Tropical dry forest at ca. 2 m...

Juvenile. Trinidad.

Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus nigricristatus) There are twelve recognized subspecies with four of these being mapped for Panama. Subspecies intermedius only reaches western Panama, subspecies nesiotes is found on the Pearl Islands while subspecies eremnus is found on Coiba Island...

Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) photo taken at Corumb, Brasil

Thamnophilidae Thamnophilus doliatus

Just about to snap the male - in perfect focus of course - when the female appeared and completely distracted me. Very pleased to witness this food passing behaviour even though the capture is a little out of focus.

Taken in woodland on the Island of Tobago

Thamnophilus doliatus male

A common bird around the grounds of Asa Wright which was much less shy in the early mornings -when the light was too poor for photography. This is a flash image of a male guzzling berries; his missus was nearby as usual.

One of a pair of Barred Antshrikes resident at Gamboa Rainforest Resort.

One of a pair of Barred Antshrikes resident at Gamboa Rainforest Resort.

I enjoy this bird. He has been coming around a lot and this day he was eating his supper (a bug) out in my bougaenvillea bush. He must have dropped the bug and jumped down to get it when I took the picture. I have a lot more pictures of this bird is anyone is interested in seeing more. I may...