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 43 species which have been recorded in Suriname.
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Band-tailed Antshrike Sakesphorus melanothorax
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
- Northern Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
- Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
- Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris
- 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
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
- Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa
- Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota
- Ash-winged Antwren Terenura spodioptila
- Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
- Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens
- 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
- 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
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Suriname
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