Guianan Slaty-Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus)
(aka Eastern Slaty-Antshrike, Northern Slaty-Antshrike)
Female Guianan Slaty-Antshrike, Roraima, Brazil, July 2001 - click for larger image Roraima, Brazil
July 2001

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. (I continue with Guianan Slaty-Antshrike until the CBRO accepts the change.)
Male Guianan Slaty-Antshrike, Roraima, Brazil, July 2001 - click for larger image 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 the first photo, 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.

There are illustrations in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 2, Plate 17; and Hilty & Brown, Plate 29.
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