Typical Antbirds (Thamnophilidae)
Western Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) - HBW 8, p. 557
French: Batara à nuque noire
German: Westlicher Tropfenameisenwürger
Spanish: Batará Pizarroso Occidental
Other common names: Slaty Antshrike (when merged with members of T. punctatus superspecies)
Taxonomy: Thamnophilus atrinucha Salvin and Godman, 1892, Panama.
Formerly considered conspecific with T. punctatus, T. stictocephalus, T. sticturus, T. pelzelni and T. ambiguus, but now thought not to belong in this group (see page 450). Described form subcinereus (N Colombia) is regarded as a clinal variant of nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atrinucha Salvin & Godman, 1892 - Caribbean slope from S Belize and NE Guatemala S to N Colombia (including Magdalena Valley) and NW Venezuela (E to Trujillo, E side of L Maracaibo), and Pacific slope in NW Costa Rica and from C Panama (Coclé) S to extreme NW Peru (Tumbes).
- gorgonae Thayer & Bangs, 1905 - Gorgona I, off Cauca, W Colombia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female Locality Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 48 weeks ago 40 sec 3.6 -
One female (+ a male not visible in this video) responding to playback Locality Bellavista Reserve, Victoria, Caldas Department, Colombia (ssp atrinucha)
Diego Calderon - COLOMBIA... 1 October 2009 1 year ago 20 sec 3.5 -
A female Locality Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 49 weeks ago 25 sec 3.3 -
Views of two males Locality Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 49 weeks ago 24 sec 3.3 -
singing Locality Pipeline Road, Soberanía National Park, Panama
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2010 37 weeks ago 34 sec 3 -
a male was singing some 1.5 meters from the ground in a fairly open area of otherwise primary forest Locality La Selva Biological Station, Puerto Viejo, Sarapiquí, Heredia Province, Costa Rica
DAVID ASCANIO 16 July 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 3
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Male on a branch, with nest material.
Locality Nilo, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 15 October 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
A female in the underbrush.
Locality Guaduas, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp atrinucha)
mauricio rueda 11 September 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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Rattle call given by a male. Locality Río Palenque Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
(ssp atrinucha)
Scott Olmstead 22 July 2008 2 years ago 4
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