White-shouldered Antshrike

Thamnophilus aethiops - Batara à épaulettes blanches

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thamnophilidés
Genus
:
Thamnophilus
Species
:
aethiops

Descriptor

Sclater, PL, 1858

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 23 à 30 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-shouldered Antshrike (Thamnophilus aethiops) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.

Subspecific information 10 subspecies

Thamnophilus aethiops aethiops (e Ecuador and ne Peru)
Thamnophilus aethiops wetmorei (se Colombia)
Thamnophilus aethiops polionotus (s and e Venezuela and nw Brazil)
Thamnophilus aethiops kapouni (e and se Peru, n Bolivia and extreme w Brazil)
Thamnophilus aethiops juruanus (between the Juruá River and the Purús River. sw Amazonian Brazil.)
Thamnophilus aethiops injunctus (between the Purús River and the Madeira River. nc Brazil s of the Amazon.)
Thamnophilus aethiops punctuliger (between the Madeira River and the Tapajós River. c Brazil s of the Amazon. and ne Bolivia)
Thamnophilus aethiops atriceps (between the Tapajós River and the Tocantins River. nc Brazil s of the Amazon.)
Thamnophilus aethiops incertus (s Pará and nw Maranhão. ne Brazil s of the Amazon.)
Thamnophilus aethiops distans (Pernambuco, Alagoas. ne Brazil.)

Foreign names

Batara à épaulettes blanches,
Batará hombroblanco,
choca-lisa,
Perlschulter-Ameisenwürger,
Witschoudermierklauwier,
Averla formichiera spallebianche,
prickmyrtörnskata,
Prikkmaurvarsler,
batara prskanokrídla,
mravenčík tmavý,
Hvidskuldret Myretornskade,
koukkunokkamuura,
batarà d'espatlles blanques,
chronka kropkowana,
Белоплечий колючник,
シロボシアリモズ,
白肩蚁鵙,
白肩蟻鵙,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
Birds of Northern South America, an identification guide, Robin Restall, Clemencia Rodner, Miguel Lentino
Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 16, Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie
Avibase, Lepage Denis
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest