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 114 species which have been recorded in Colombia.
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Undulated Antshrike Frederickena unduligera
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
- Black-backed Antshrike Sakesphorus melanonotus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus
- Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
- Black Antshrike Thamnophilus nigriceps
- Blackish-gray Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus
- Castelnau's Antshrike Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
- White-shouldered Antshrike Thamnophilus aethiops
- Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
- Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus
- Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
- Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Northern Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
- Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
- Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris
- Pearly Antshrike Megastictus margaritatus
- Black Bushbird Neoctantes niger
- Recurve-billed Bushbird Clytoctantes alixii (E)
- Speckled Antshrike Xenornis setifrons
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps
- White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus
- Bicolored Antvireo Dysithamnus occidentalis
- Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus
- Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius
- Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus
- Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura
- Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
- Yellow-throated Antwren Myrmotherula ambigua
- Cherrie's Antwren Myrmotherula cherriei
- Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
- Amazonian Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata
- Guianan Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis
- Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda
- Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli
- Rufous-bellied Antwren Myrmotherula guttata
- Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris
- Stipple-throated Antwren Myrmotherula haematonota
- Foothill Antwren Myrmotherula spodionota
- Ornate Antwren Myrmotherula ornata
- Rufous-tailed Antwren Myrmotherula erythrura
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Rio Suno Antwren Myrmotherula sunensis
- Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis
- Plain-winged Antwren Myrmotherula behni
- Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
- Leaden Antwren Myrmotherula assimilis
- Banded Antwren Dichrozona cincta
- Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus
- Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi
- Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus
- Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris
- Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
- Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei
- Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
- Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota
- Chestnut-shouldered Antwren Terenura humeralis (A)
- Ash-winged Antwren Terenura spodioptila
- Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
- Parker's Antbird Cercomacra parkeri (E)
- Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens
- Black Antbird Cercomacra serva
- Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
- White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
- White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys
- Ash-breasted Antbird Myrmoborus lugubris
- Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus
- Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator
- Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha
- Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
- Black-and-white Antbird Myrmochanes hemileucus
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
- Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons
- Slate-colored Antbird Percnostola schistacea
- Spot-winged Antbird Percnostola leucostigma
- White-lined Antbird Percnostola lophotes
- Stub-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza berlepschi
- White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
- Dull-mantled Antbird Myrmeciza laemosticta
- Magdalena Antbird Myrmeciza palliata
- Esmeraldas Antbird Myrmeciza nigricauda
- Yapacana Antbird Myrmeciza disjuncta
- Gray-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza pelzelni
- Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza castanea
- Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimelaena
- Plumbeous Antbird Myrmeciza hyperythra
- White-shouldered Antbird Myrmeciza melanoceps
- Sooty Antbird Myrmeciza fortis
- Immaculate Antbird Myrmeciza immaculata
- Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax
- White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons
- Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
- Lunulated Antbird Gymnopithys lunulata
- Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata
- Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
- Chestnut-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina cristata
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevia
- Dot-backed Antbird Hylophylax punctulata
- Scale-backed Antbird Hylophylax poecilinota
- Black-spotted Bare-eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata
- Reddish-winged Bare-eye Phlegopsis erythroptera
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Colombia
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