Birds of Guyana - Thamnophilus


White-shouldered Antshrike (Thamnophilus aethiops) Male Bellandia Lodge, Pastaza, Ecuador
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


White-shouldered Antshrike (Thamnophilus aethiops) Female Bellandia Lodge, Pastaza, Ecuador
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Amazonian Antshrike (Thamnophilus amazonicus cinereiceps) Male Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
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Amazonian Antshrike (Thamnophilus amazonicus) Female Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia
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Common. Not always inside the forest.
Female on nest.


Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) Male Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
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Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus doliatus) Male French Guiana The northern 'doliatus' (nominate) subspecies has a lot of white in the crest.
Photograph by Michel GIRAUD-AUDINE © All Rights Reserved.


Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus albicans) Female San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

From back.
Female showing unbarred front.


Streak-backed Antshrike (Thamnophilus insignis) Male La Escalera (Sierra de Lema), Bolívar state, Venezuela
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Band-tailed Antshrike (Thamnophilus melanothorax)


Mouse-colored Antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus canipennis) Male Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
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Mouse-colored Antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus canipennis) Female Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
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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.


Blackish-grey Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigrocinereus cinereoniger) Male Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
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Blackish-grey Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigrocinereus cinereoniger) Female Inírida, Guainía, Colombia
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A varzea species. Note that the immature is much lighter in color.


Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus interpositus) Male Las Unamas Natural Reserve, San Martin, Meta, Colombia
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Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus interpositus) Female Las Unamas Natural Reserve, Meta, Colombia
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