Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae) - HBW 8
Uniform Antshrike (Thamnophilus unicolor)
French: Batara unicolore
German: Einfarbameisenwürger
Spanish: Batará Unicolor
Taxonomy: Dysithamnus unicolor P. L. Sclater, 1859, Pallatanga, Chimborazo, Ecuador.
Forms a superspecies with T. aethiops. Re-examination of races needed; nominate and grandior possibly intergrade in SW Colombia (Nariño); original description of male caudatus may have been based on subadult specimen. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- grandior Hellmayr, 1924 - Colombia (locally on all Andean slopes) and E slope in Ecuador and N Peru (S to N San MartÃn).
- unicolor (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - Pacific slope in Ecuador.
- caudatus Carriker, 1933 - E Andean slope in C Peru (S San MartÃn S, locally, to Cuzco).
- Least Concern
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Male responding to playback Anorí, Antioquía Department, Colombia
Diego Calderon - C... 1 October 2009 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 42 sec 3
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A male perched in the understory. Los Cedros Reserve, Imbabura Province, Ecuador (ssp unicolor)
Scott Olmstead 12 June 2008 14 weeks ago 3
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