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Genus: Frederickena (3 species)


Fulvous Antshrike
Fulvous Antshrike (Frederickena fulva) Male
Range: SA: sc Colombia, e Ecuador, ne Peru n of Rio Amazonas and Rio Marañon (?)
Rio Bigal, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Harold Greeney   © All Rights Reserved.

Fulvous Antshrike
Fulvous Antshrike (Frederickena fulva) Female
Range: SA: sc Colombia, e Ecuador, ne Peru n of Rio Amazonas and Rio Marañon (?)
Rio Bigal, Ecuador   		   
Photograph by Harold Greeney   © All Rights Reserved.
Split from the Undulated Antshrike and virtually impossible to differentiate. The Fulvous is found in the Andean foothills and the Undulated in the Amazon basin. Looks a bit similar to Fasciated Antshrike but male is darker.

Undulated Antshrike
Undulated Antshrike (Frederickena unduliger diversa) Male
Range: SA: w Amazonia
Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru   		   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.
An Amazon species. Compare to similar Fulvous Antshrike, a foothill species.

Black-throated Antshrike
Black-throated Antshrike (Frederickena viridis) Male
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
Ramal do Pau-Rosa, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca   © All Rights Reserved.

Black-throated Antshrike
Black-throated Antshrike (Frederickena viridis) Female
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
Ramal do Pau-Rosa, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil   		   
Photograph by Anselmo d'Affonseca   © All Rights Reserved.


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