Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus
(aka Black-capped Antshrike)

Brazilian name: choca-de-olho-vermelho
Male Plain-winged Antshrike, Amazonia National Park, Pará, Brazil, Sept 2000 - click for larger image Brazil

The Plain-winged Antshrike has a red iris and the male is an overall grey colour with no markings on the wings. In Colombia and Peru the T. s. capitalis subspecies also has a black cap which gives rise to its alternative but confusing English name of Black-capped Antshrike.

The female, seen here in photo 5, is olive-brown above, olive-buff below with a rufous crown and no markings on the wings.

Male Plain-winged Antshrike, Borba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image It is found in Amazonia, mainly south of the Amazon in Brazil as well as adjoining areas of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia.

There are illustrations in Ridgely & Tudor, Volume 2, Plate 17; and, for Thamnophilus schistaceus capitalis, in Hilty & Brown, Plate 29.
Male Plain-winged Antshrike, Borba, Amazonas, Brazil, August 2004 - click for larger image There are recordings and a distribution map on xeno-canto.
Male Plain-winged Antshrike, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image I have followed Kevin Zimmer and Mort Isler's treatment in HBW  where they treat T. s. inornatus as a synonym of T. s. schistaceus.
Male Plain-winged Antshrike, Carajás, Pará, Brazil, October 2005 - click for larger image
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