Fasciated Antshrike - Cymbilaimus lineatus

Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)

Male Fasciated Antshrike, River Javarí, Peru, September 2003 - click for larger image

The first two photos were taken near the river Javarí, Peru, while the last two were taken near Borba, Brazil.

The Fasciated Antshrike is distributed in the Amazonian Basin with a disjunct population from Honduras to northern and western Colombia. It is found in forest borders, at treefalls and along streams where it is usually foraging in mid-storey (the only antbird with red-eyes to be found higher off the ground).

The first 3 photos are of males and while they do not show the distinctive red iris, you can appreciate the narrow black barring and the heavy hooked bill with a paler lower mandible. The female in the 4th photo is similarly patterned but barred dark brown and pale brown.

There are illustrations in HBW, Volume 8, Pages 455 and 533; and Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 2, Plate 15.

Male Fasciated Antshrike, Borba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image

Female Fasciated Antshrike, Borba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image

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