Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Castelnau's Antshrike (Thamnophilus cryptoleucus) - HBW 8, p. 553
French: Batara de Castelnau
German: Flussufer-Ameisenwürger
Spanish: Batará de Castelnau
Taxonomy: Myrmelastes cryptoleucus Menegaux and Hellmayr, 1906, Pebas, Loreto, Peru.
Forms a superspecies with T. nigrocinereus and formerly considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Ecuador and N Peru (locally along R Napo, R Marañón, R Santiago and R Ucayali) E along R Amazon in W Brazil (E to vicinity of mouth of R Negro).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on a branch and flying to a cane, where it sings and raises the crest Locality Sacha Lodge, Orellana Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2007 3 years ago 52 sec 4.1
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An adult male.
Locality Iranduba, Amazonas State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 6 weeks ago 4 -
Castelnau's Antshrike on a young river island near Iquitos
Locality Iquitos, Loreto Department, Peru
Lior Kislev 29 January 2010 1 year ago 3.8
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