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.
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps
- Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
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