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Common. Not always inside the forest. Female on nest. | ||||||||||||
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A common widespread species once called Western Slaty Antshrike. | ||||||||||||
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A smaller antshrike where the male has a large variation of color. In north Peru the male is all black, while in south Peru the belly is spotted white. Further east it is greyish. Female on nest. | ||||||||||||||||||
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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. | ||||||||||||
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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. The Cocha Antshrike has not yet been recorded in Peru. | ||||||||||||
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Races further north and west (Peru,Bolivia) are darker. Note male is more barred than female. | ||||||
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. Note asubspecies schistaceus male is all very dark grey. 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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