Family Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Least Concern
Upland Antshrike (Thamnophilus aroyae)
Taxonomy
French: Batara montagnard German: Hochland-Ameisenwürger Spanish: Batará montano
Taxonomy:
Dysithamnus aroyæ
Hellmayr
, 1904,Oroya, Inambari Valley, 3000 ft [c. 915 m], Puno, Peru
.Distribution:
Extreme SE Peru (Puno) and NW Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, W Santa Cruz).
Descriptive notes
13–14 cm; 19–21 g. Male is grey, crown sometimes blackish, pale interscapular patch vestigial or absent; wings and tail brownish-black, wing-coverts dotted white... read more
Voice
Loudsong a short (3–6 notes, duration highly variable) series of evenly paced nasal... read more
Habitat
Montane evergreen-forest edge and adjacent second growth, typically in dense thickets, often those... read more
Food and feeding
Little known. Feeds primarily on insects, probably also other arthropods; six stomachs all contained insects, including beetles (Coleoptera... read more
Breeding
Nothing known.
Movements
Presumed resident.
Status and conservation
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Bolivian and Peruvian Lower Yungas EBA. Was possibly once restricted to shrubby habitats created by natural... read more
Apparently sister to T. aethiops#R; see also T. caerulescens. Monotypic.