Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis)

Family
Thamnophilidae (Typical Antbirds)

Size
15.70 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and swamp forest, subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 900 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (26)...)

Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis) [XC229143]
by Joe Klaiber from Guataparo area, Carabobo, Venezuela (song)

Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis) [XC272425]
by Peter Boesman from Peperpot, Commewijne, Suriname (song)

Subspecies
Probably forms a superspecies with Silvery-cheeked Antshrike (Sakesphorus cristatus) and Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi). Subspecies pulchellus appears to be morphologically and vocally distinct from others and may deserve species status; this taxon and proposed subspecies phainoleucus (Riohacha, in northern Colombia) and paraguanae (Paraguan� Peninsula, in north-western Venezuela) appear to intergrade, and are better merged. Differences among some or all of the other subspecies may be clinal, and individual plumage variation within each substantial. Therfore, distributional limits unclear.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

pulchellus (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) - Northern Colombia (Caribbean slope from Guajira south to northern Choc�, lower Magdalena Valley south to southern Santander) and extreme north-western Venezuela (Zulia, western and central Falc�n, Lara). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Streak-fronted Antshrike (Sakesphorus pulchellus).
intermedius (Cherrie, 1916) - Eastern Colombia (Vichada and Meta) and Venezuela north of R Orinoco (eastern Falc�n, Portuguesa and Apure east to Anzo�tegui).
trinitatis (Ridgway, 1891) - North-eastern and southern Venezuela (Sucre, Monagas, Delta Amacuro and, south of R Orinoco, Bol��var and northern Amazonas), Trinidad and Guyana.
canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Surinam and coastal French Guiana.
fumosus Zimmer, JT, 1933 - South-western Venezuela (southern Amazonas) and extreme northern Brazil (northern Roraima, extreme northern Par�).
loretoyacuensis (Bartlett, 1882) - Locally in north-western Amazonian Brazil (along R Negro, R Branco and R Solim��es), extreme south-eastern Colombia (south-eastern Amazonas) and north-eastern Peru (along R Amazon, lower R Mara��n and R Ucayali).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis) - 10 files

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