Natterer's Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus stictocephalus)

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
14.50 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Pelzeln, 1869

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and dry forest. From sea-level - 700 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia (B), Brazil (B).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (47)...)

Natterer's Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus stictocephalus) [XC597784]
by Jacob Wijpkema from Parauapebas, State of Par\u00e1, Brazil (call, song)

Natterer's Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus stictocephalus) [XC435864]
by Guy Kirwan from Floresta Estadual Rio Preto-Jacund\u00e1, Machadinho d'Oeste, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Thamnophilus punctatus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus) and Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) following AOU (1998) and Natterer's Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus stictocephalus), Bolivian Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus sticturus), Planalto Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus pelzelni) and Sooretama Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus ambiguus) following SACC (2005).

Forms a superspecies with Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus), Bolivian Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus sticturus), Planalto Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus pelzelni) and Sooretama Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus ambiguus) and all formerly considered conspecific, with Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) traditionally included too. Described subspecies saturatus and zimmeri (both central Brazil) represent clinal variation of nominate, with which merged.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

stictocephalus Pelzeln, 1869 - Brazil south of R Amazon (from R Madeira east to Maraj� I and R Tocantins, in Par�, and south-west to Rond�nia and northern and western Mato Grosso) and extreme northern Bolivia (northern Beni).
parkeri Isler, ML, Isler, PR & Whitney, 1997 - Extreme north-eastern Bolivia in northern Santa Cruz (Serran��a de Huanchaca).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Natterers Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus stictocephalus) - 10 files

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