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Northern Slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
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Roraima, Brazil and San Martin, Peru
This species seems to have changed its name and status rather frequently
lately but hopefully the recent paper by the Islers, Bret Whitney and Barry Walker in Condor 103: 278-286, 2001, will have settled the name on
Northern Slaty Antshrike. This is also used by the HBW and Birdlife International
Checklist.
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There now seems to be some unanimity about the distribution of this species with the main area being around the
Guianan Shield with disjunct populations in Venezuela, Colombia and northern Peru. See the distribution map at Birdlife
International. |
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The male is gray with a black crown and black wings with bold white spots forming wing-bars and white tips to the
tail feathers. The female, shown in photos 1 and 3, is olivaceous-brown with a chestnut crown and similar white markings on the wings and tail as the
male.
It is usually found quite low down in forest edges and scrubby woodland. Its tail is usually in perpetual motion either
quivering or wagging.
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