Bar-crested Antshrike - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo by Aralcal
Aralcal, Manizales, Colombia, January 2011

Thamnophilus multistriatus

Identification

15–16·5 cm

• Crest
• Yellow iris

Male

• Black and white barring overall

Distribution

Female
Photo by Aralcal
Aralcal, Manizales, Colombia, January 2011

South America: found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• T. m. brachyurus:

• Western Colombia in Western Andes and western slope of Central Andes

• T. m. selvae:

• Western slope of western Andes of Colombia (upper Río San Juan)

• T. m. multistriatus:

• Colombia (eastern slope of Central Andes and western slope of eastern and southern Andes)

• T. m. oecotonophilus:

• Western slope of eastern Andes of Colombia and Sierra de Perijá (western Venezuela)

Habitat

Pre-montane tropical forest, dry forest borders and coffee forest. From understorey to canopy.

Behaviour

Diet

Not a lot of information available; they are thought to eat insects and possibly fruits.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-crested Antshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-crested_Antshrike

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