Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

Rufous-winged Antshrike (Thamnophilus torquatus) - HBW 8, p. 547

French: Batara à ailes rousses German: Rostflügel-Ameisenwürger Spanish: Batará Alirrufo

Taxonomy: Thamnophilus torquatus Swainson, 1825, Urupé, Bahia, Brazil.
Belongs to the “T. doliatus group”, which also includes T. zarumae, T. multistriatus, T. tenuepunctatus, T. palliatus and T. ruficapillus. Appears to form a superspecies with last of those, but syntopy is suspected in S of range in Brazil (extreme E Minas Gerais and NW Rio de Janeiro). Monotypic.

Distribution: E Brazil (S Pará and S Maranhão E to Pernambuco and S to WC Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, São Paulo, W edge of Rio de Janeiro and coastal C Bahia), NE Bolivia (NE Santa Cruz) and NE Paraguay (Canendiyu).