Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus) - HBW 8, p. 567
French: Batara rousset
German: Rostbrauner Ameisenwürger
Spanish: Batará Café
Taxonomy: Thamnistes anabatinus P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1860, Choctum, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.
Relationships uncertain. Races gularis, aequatorialis and rufescens possibly form a separate species; molecular and vocal analyses needed. Plumage differences between some races probably clinal. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- anabatinus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1860 - Atlantic slope of SE Mexico (E Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas), Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
- saturatus Ridgway, 1908 - Nicaragua (Atlantic slope), Costa Rica (both slopes except NW Pacific) and extreme W Panama (W Chiriquí, W Bocas del Toro).
- coronatus Nelson, 1912 - Panama (except extreme W) and NW Colombia (Atlantic slope in Córdoba).
- anabatinus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1860 - Atlantic slope of SE Mexico (E Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas), Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
- saturatus Ridgway, 1908 - Nicaragua (Atlantic slope), Costa Rica (both slopes except NW Pacific) and extreme W Panama (W Chiriquí, W Bocas del Toro).
- coronatus Nelson, 1912 - Panama (except extreme W) and NW Colombia (Atlantic slope in Córdoba).
- intermedius Chapman, 1914 - Pacific slope in W Colombia and Ecuador.
- gularis Phelps, Sr. & Phelps, Jr., 1956 - extreme NW Venezuela (Táchira), possibly extending into NE Colombia.
- aequatorialis P. L. Sclater, 1862 - E Andean foothills in Colombia (except perhaps NE), Ecuador and extreme N Peru (N of R Marañón in N Amazonas).
- rufescens Cabanis, 1873 - E Andean foothills from Peru (S of R Marañón) S to W & C Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
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Song. Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador
(ssp intermedius)
Nick Athanas 24 July 2002 2 years ago 4
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