Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus
caerulescens Brazilian name: Choca-da-mata |
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Brazil The Variable Antshrike is well named because it is highly variable across its range from Peru and Bolivia to Paraguay, northern Argentina and southern Brazil. There is a disjunct population in north east Brazil. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. |
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There are 12 subspecies and
there may be more than one species involved. Photos 1 and 2 are of a male of the nominate sub-species which is grey
above with a black crown, white wing-bars, and white tips to the tail feathers. The wings have a browny tinge. Note
that there is no tawny colouration on the flanks or crissum of this sub-species. This is also the case in photo 3, a male of the sub-species T. c. cearensis photographed at the Serra de Baturité, Ceará. |
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It is normally found in the lower growth of forest often at the forest edges. It is often seen lowering and raising its tail slowly and usually travels in pairs, sometimes forming part of a mixed flock. |
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