Family Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Least Concern
Black Antshrike (Thamnophilus nigriceps)
Taxonomy
French: Batara noir German: Schwarzameisenwürger Spanish: Batará negro
Taxonomy:
Thamnophilus nigriceps
P. L. Sclater
, 1869,“Bogotá” trade skin; probably = vicinity of Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia
.Distribution:
E Panama (E Panamá Province, Darién) and N Colombia (N Chocó E to W La Guajira, and S in Magdalena Valley to Tolima).
Descriptive notes
16 cm; 23–24 g. Male is entirely black, except for dark grey flanks and white underwing-coverts and edges of flight-feathers below. Female has upperparts, wings and... read more
Voice
Loudsong a moderately long (e.g. 12 notes, 2·3 seconds), slightly accelerating, evenly... read more
Habitat
Shrubby understorey and regenerating clearings of humid evergreen forest, less often lighter... read more
Food and feeding
Little recorded. Assumed to feed on insects and arthropods. Pairs or individuals forage in shrubby, viny thickets, mainly 1–2 m above... read more
Breeding
Nothing known.
Movements
Presumed resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Poorly known. Occurs in Los Katíos and Tayrona National Parks, in Colombia. Apparently locally fairly common, but the small geographic range of this... read more
Sister to T. praecox (which see). Proposed race magdalenae (N Colombia) appears to represent end point of a cline. Monotypic.