| Sooretama Slaty
Antshrike Thamnophilus ambiguus Brazilian name: Choca-de-sooretama |
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Brazil
The Sooretama Slaty Antshrike is distributed along the coast of south-eastern Brazil from Sergipe to Rio de Janeiro. It is a Brazilian endemic and is found in forest edges and restinga woodland near the coast. |
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Until recently it was considered a sub-species of Thamnophilus punctatus but this complex has been clarified in papers by Morton L. Isler, Phyllis R. Isler & Bret M. Whitney, Biogeography and systematics of the Thamnophilus punctatus (Thamnophilidae) complex in Ornithological Monographs 48, Studies in Neotropical Ornithology honoring Ted Parker (1997), 355-381; and Morton L. Isler, Phyllis R. Isler, Bret M. Whitney, & Barry Walker, Species limits in antbirds: the Thamnophilus punctatus complex continued. (2001), Condor 103(2): 278-286. | |||
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The male has a black central crown and forehead, grey upperparts with a concealed white interscapular patch, black wings with white edging and spots and a black tail with white spots in the middle and at the tip. Underparts are pale grey. The wings on photos 1 and 3 show a brown tinge on the primaries which is not mentioned in the literature so they might show an immature male. | |||
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The female, seen in photos 4
and 7, has a tawny-brown crown, dark brown wings with white
edging and spots and buffy underparts.
There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is a page in Portuguese at Wikiaves. |
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