Fine-striped ant strangler

Fine-striped ant strangler
	Fine-striped ant shrike, female
Systematics
Subordination :	Screeching Birds (Tyranni)
Family :	Ant birds (Thamnophilidae)
Subfamily :	Thamnophilinae
Tribe :	Thamnophilini
Genre :	Thamnophilus
Type :	Fine-striped ant strangler
Scientific name
	Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
	Lafresnaye , 1853

The fine stripe Ameisenwürger ( Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus ) counts within the family of Antbirds (Thamnophilidae) to the genus of Thamnophilus .

The species occurs in Ecuador , Colombia and Peru .

The distribution area includes tropical or subtropical moist deep or mountain forests , preferably thickets in secondary forests and forest edges on the foothills of the eastern slopes of the eastern Andes, mostly between 400 and 1500 m altitude.

The Latin additional species comes from the Latin tenuis 'weak' and the Latin punctatus 'dotted' .

In the past, the species was considered to be specific to the dark-mantled ant shrike ( Thamnophilus palliatus ).

male

features

The bird is 15–16 cm tall and weighs between 22 and 23 g, has a clear hood and a yellow iris . The male is black with narrow white stripes with the exception of the hood and has a longitudinally striped throat. In the female, the hood, top and wings are red-brown. Compared to the female of the striped ant shrike ( Thamnophilus multistriatus ), the white stripes on the belly are narrower and hardly have a red-brown shimmer. Young birds have yellowish-brown colored plumage.

Geographic variation

The following subspecies are recognized:

T. t. tenuepunctatus Lafresnaye , 1853, nominate form - northern and central Colombia, eastern slopes of the east
T. t. tenuifasciatus Lawrence , 1867 - Southern and Central Colombia and Eastern Ecuador
T. t. berlepschi Taczanowski , 1884 - Southeast Ecuador and Northeast Peru

voice

The call is very the Barred Antshrike ( Thamnophilus doliatus ) similarly described.

Way of life

The diet consists mainly of insects . The species usually occurs in pairs and is rarely found in mixed hunting communities. Little is known about the breeding season.

Hazardous situation

The stock is considered to be endangered ( Vulnerable ).

Web links

Commons : Fine-striped anthracnus - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Xeno-canto
Birds of the World (videos, photos and sound recordings)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b fine-striped ant shrike , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d M. McMullan: Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018, ISBN 978-958-8969-77-0
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d K. Zimmer and ML Isler. Bar-crested Antshrike (Thamnophilus multistriatus) , version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie and E. de Juana (Eds.): Birds of the World .2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Bar-crested Antshrike
^ JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991, ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .
↑ World Bird Names Antbirds. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
↑ Redlist.Retrieved June 27, 2020.

[avibase-1] -striped ant shrike , in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved June 27, 2020.

[Miles-2] M. McMullan: Field Guide to the Birds of Colombia Rey Naranjo Editores, 2018, ISBN 978-958-8969-77-0

[Birds-3] K. Zimmer and ML Isler. Bar-crested Antshrike (Thamnophilus multistriatus) , version 1.0. In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie and E. de Juana (Eds.): Birds of the World .2020, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. Bar-crested Antshrike

[4] JA Jobling: A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. Oxford University Press. 1991, ISBN 0-19-854634-3 .

[5] World Bird Names Antbirds. Retrieved June 26, 2020.

[6] Redlist.Retrieved June 27, 2020.