Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) - HBW 8, p. 545

French: Batara rayé German: Bindenameisenwürger Spanish: Batará Barrado

Taxonomy: Lanius doliatus Linnaeus, 1764, no locality = Surinam.
Belongs to a species group which also includes T. zarumae, T. multistriatus, T. tenuepunctatus, T. palliatus, T. torquatus and T. ruficapillus. Forms a superspecies with first of those and formerly treated as conspecific, but differs in morphology and vocalizations. Taxonomy of present species in need of study and possible revision; races may constitute more than one species; further, plumage varies considerably within many races, apparently in clinal pattern, and comparisons of morphology with molecular and other characters needed to reconfirm validity of many taxa; current treatment tentative. Other described races are yucatanensis (S Mexico, N Guatemala) and pacificus (W Honduras to W Costa Rica), which appear inseparable from intermedius; fraterculus (E Colombia, N Venezuela, Trinidad), considered indistinguishable from nominate; and subradiatus (E Peru, W Brazil), novus (Mato Grosso) and signatus (NE Bolivia, SW Brazil), which appear inseparable from radiatus. In addition, birds from N Colombia, formerly considered a disjunct population of nigricristatus, intergrade with albicans and are therefore included with latter. Twelve subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

intermedius Ridgway, 1888 - E Mexico (SE from S Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí and, on Pacific slope, E from Oaxaca), Belize and Guatemala S to W Panama (W Chiriquí, Bocas del Toro).
nigricristatus Lawrence, 1865 - C Panama (E Chiriquí and S Veraguas E to W San Blas).
eremnus Wetmore, 1957 - Coiba I, S Panama.

See all 12 subspecies

intermedius Ridgway, 1888 - E Mexico (SE from S Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí and, on Pacific slope, E from Oaxaca), Belize and Guatemala S to W Panama (W Chiriquí, Bocas del Toro).
nigricristatus Lawrence, 1865 - C Panama (E Chiriquí and S Veraguas E to W San Blas).
eremnus Wetmore, 1957 - Coiba I, S Panama.
nesiotes Wetmore, 1970 - Pearl Is, S Panama.
albicans Lafresnaye, 1844 - N & W Colombia (Caribbean slope from Antioquia and Córdoba E to La Guajira, and S in Magdalena Valley to Huila).
nigrescens Lawrence, 1867 - NC Colombia E of Andes (Norte de Santander) and NW Venezuela N of Andes (Zulia, Táchira, W Mérida).
tobagensis Hartert & Goodson, 1917 - Tobago.
doliatus (Linnaeus, 1764) - NE Colombia (S to Caquetá and Guianía), Venezuela (except in NW and, apparently, S Bolívar and E Amazonas, but including Margarita I), Trinidad, the Guianas, and N Amazonian Brazil (extreme N Amazonas on upper R Negro, Roraima, Amapá, and N Pará from vicinity of R Trombetas E to Marajó I).
radiatus Vieillot, 1816 - extreme SE Colombia (S Amazonas), NE Ecuador (Napo), E Peru (except N Amazonas and W Loreto), W & SC Brazil (N bank of R Amazon E to vicinity of R Trombetas and, S of R Amazon, E to right bank of R Tapajós and R Aripuanã in W Pará and S to Acre, Mato Grosso do Sul, W Paraná and São Paulo), N & E Bolivia, Paraguay and N & NE Argentina (Salta, Formosa, Santa Fe, Misiones).
cadwaladeri Bond & Meyer de Schauensee, 1940 - S Bolivia (Tarija).
difficilis Hellmayr, 1903 - EC Brazil (E Maranhão, SW Piauí and extreme SE Pará S to E Mato Grosso, W & S Goiás and extreme W Bahia).
capistratus Lesson, 1840 - E & S Piauí, Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte S to extreme N Minas Gerais and C Bahia.