Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Thamnophilidae (Antbirds)  
Genus: Drymophila (2 species, 11 worldwide)

Genus Drymophila are small slender antbirds with long tails and calls similar to each other, and are often found with bamboo. Many were formerly considered the same species.


Striated Antbird
Striated Antbird (Drymophila devillei devillei)
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Streak-headed Antbird
Streak-headed Antbird (Drymophila striaticeps) Male
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Streak-headed Antbird
Streak-headed Antbird (Drymophila striaticeps) Female
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

The most widely distributed antbird in a five-way split of the Long-tailed Antbird (genus Drymophila).


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