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 24 species which have been recorded in Paraguay.
- Spot-backed Antshrike Hypoedaleus guttatus
- Giant Antshrike Batara cinerea
- Tufted Antshrike Mackenziaena severa
- Large-tailed Antshrike Mackenziaena leachii
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus sticturus
- Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
- Rufous-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus torquatus
- Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Star-throated Antwren Myrmotherula gularis
- Stripe-backed Antbird Myrmorchilus strigilatus
- Black-capped Antwren Herpsilochmus atricapillus
- Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
- Black-bellied Antwren Formicivora melanogaster
- Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa
- Bertoni's Antbird Drymophila rubricollis
- Dusky-tailed Antbird Drymophila malura
- Streak-capped Antwren Terenura maculata
- Mato Grosso Antbird Cercomacra melanaria
- White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
- White-shouldered Fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera
- Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemoides maculicauda
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