Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus

Brazilian name: Choca-listrada
Male Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Porto Seguro, Bahia, Brazil, November 2008 - click for larger image Brazil

The Chestnut-backed Antshrike is distributed in parts of the Amazon Basin south of the Amazon and in eastern Brazil. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in forest edges and in secondary woodland and is often associated with bamboo.

Female Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Camacã, Bahia, Brazil, March 2004 - click for larger image The male (photos 1 and 3) has a black crown with a rufous-chestnut back and tail. The sides of the head and the underparts are streaked and barred black and white. The female (photo 2) is similar but has a rufous-chestnut crown.

Chestnut-backed Antshrike, REGUA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2025 - click for larger image
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