List of Birds of Guyana - Typical Antbirds

Typical Antbirds

Order: Passeriformes. Family: Thamnophilidae

The antbirds are a large family of small passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are forest birds, and tend to feed on insects at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of army ants to eat the small invertebrates that leave hiding to flee the ants.Many species lack bright colour; brown, black and white being the dominant tones. There are 49 species which have been recorded in Guyana.

  • Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
  • Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis
  • Great Antshrike Taraba major
  • Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
  • Band-tailed Antshrike Sakesphorus melanothorax (A)
  • Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
  • Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
  • Northern Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
  • Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
  • Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris
  • Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
  • Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus
  • Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius
  • Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura
  • Guianan Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis
  • Rufous-bellied Antwren Myrmotherula guttata
  • Brown-bellied Antwren Myrmotherula gutturalis
  • White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
  • Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis
  • Plain-winged Antwren Myrmotherula behni (A)
  • Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
  • Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus
  • Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus
  • Roraiman Antwren Herpsilochmus roraimae
  • Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
  • Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
  • White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
  • Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota
  • Ash-winged Antwren Terenura spodioptila
  • Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
  • Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
  • Willis's Antbird Cercomacra laeta
  • Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens
  • Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria
  • White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys
  • Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator
  • Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
  • Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
  • Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons
  • Spot-winged Antbird Percnostola leucostigma
  • Roraiman Antbird Percnostola saturata
  • White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
  • Ferruginous-backed Antbird Myrmeciza ferruginea
  • Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax
  • White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons
  • Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula
  • Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata
  • Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevia
  • Scale-backed Antbird Hylophylax poecilinota

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