Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus) [XC524788]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo from Cana\u00e3 dos Caraj\u00e1s, State of Par\u00e1, Brazil (song)
Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus) [XC429389]
by Jerome Fischer from RNA Arrierito Antioque\u00f1o, Anor\u00ed, Antioquia, Colombia (song)
Subspecies
Genus presumed related to Thamnophilus on basis of external morphology, especially the strongly hooked bill, but supporting molecular or other evidence unavailable. Previously treated as conspecific with Bamboo Antshrike (Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae), but latter sympatric almost throughout its range. Subspecies intermedius appears to be inseparable on plumage from fasciatus. In addition, described subspecies brangeri appears indistinguishable from and falls within geographical range of latter, and is thus considered untenable.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
fasciatus Ridgway, 1884 - Extreme south-eastern Honduras (El Paraíso), Caribbean slope in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, both slopes in Panama (on Pacific slope locally from Chiriquí to Coclé and in east), western and northern Colombia (southern in Magdalena Valley to Caldas), north-western Venezuela (both Andean slopes east to Mérida and Barinas) and north-western Ecuador (Esmeraldas, northern Los Ríos).
intermedius Hartert & Goodson, 1917 - Southern Venezuela (western Bolívar, Amazonas), southern Colombia (southern from Meta and Guainía), eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, north-western and southern Amazonian Brazil (east to R Branco and R Negro and, south of R Amazon, east to R Tocantins and south to Acre, Rondônia and Mato Grosso) and north-western and extreme eastern Bolivia (Pando, La Paz, eastern Santa Cruz).
lineatus (Leach, 1814) - Eastern Venezuela (eastern Bolívar) east to French Guiana and south to north-eastern Amazonian Brazil (north of R Amazon and east of R Branco and R Negro in Amazonas, Pará and Amapá).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet