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Common. Not always inside the forest. Female on nest. |
A common widespread species once called Western Slaty Antshrike. |
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From back. Female showing unbarred front. |
Race canipennis is more uniformly and lighter grey than the other two races, which have brown to dark grey wings. Vocally almost exactly like a Plain-winged Antshrike. Female from front. Bird with bill deformity. |
Local. Once considered an endemic species of Ecuador, the Cocha Antshrike has now been found in Colombian on the Brazil border. Note female similar to White-shouldered Antbird female. |
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On male note darker color on cap. Wings unspotted (plain). Vocally just like the Mouse-colored Antshrike, but male is darker and both have a brown to red (not light grey), eye. At a nest of 'green moss, lichens or fungus-whitened twigs' as described by HBW. |
A foothill species of the eastern Andean slope (1000 m.). Prefers degraded or secondary forest. |
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