Brazilian name: Choca-da-mata
November 2008
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.
This is also the case in photo 3, a male of the sub-species T. c. cearensis photographed at the Serra de Baturité, Ceará.
It is normally found in the lower growth of forest often at the forest edges. This bird was photographed in restinga, lowland sandy forest.
It is often seen lowering and raising its tail slowly and usually travels in pairs, sometimes forming part of a mixed flock.
There are recordings on xeno-canto, a distribution map from NatureServe and additional information available via Avibase. There is a page in Portuguese on Wikiaves.
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