Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi)

Identification & Behavior: ~16.4 cm (6.4 in). The male Collared Antshrike has a black head and crest, which extends down the breast and upper belly.  The upperparts are brownish to dusky-brown. The wing coverts are black fringed with white forming wing bars. The blackish tail feathers are tipped with white. It has a white semi-collar. The female is rufous brown with dusky wing covers and a dusky-brown head. The tail is rufous or rufous-brown. It forages in deciduous forest and scrub often in pairs. The female is superficially similar to a female Chapman’s Antshrike.

Status: The Collared Antshrike is fairly common in the northwestern lowlands to elevations of up to 1,100 m along the west slope of the Andes. It also occurs in Ec.

Name in Spanish: Batará Acollarado.

Sub-species: Collared Antshrike (Thamnophilus bernardi bernardi), (Lesson, 1844).  WC & SW Ecuador (Manabí, Guayas including Puna I, El Oro, Loja) and NW & NC Peru (Pacific slope in Tumbes and Piura S to N Ancash).
(Thamnophilus bernardi shumbae), (Carriker), 1934. NC Peru (R Marañón drainage in Cajamarca and Amazonas).

Meaning of Name: Thamnophilus: Gr. Thamnos= bush and philos= lover. bernardi: In honor of Capt. Bernard (fl. 1844) French mariner, collector from Bordeaux.

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