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 96 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Undulated Antshrike Frederickena unduligera
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Collared Antshrike Sakesphorus bernardi
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Chapman's Antshrike Thamnophilus zarumae
- Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
- Cocha Antshrike Thamnophilus praecox (E)
- 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
- Marañón Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus leucogaster
- Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
- Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris
- Pearly Antshrike Megastictus margaritatus
- Black Bushbird Neoctantes niger
- 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
- Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura
- Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
- Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
- Amazonian Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata
- Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda
- Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli
- Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris
- White-eyed Antwren Myrmotherula leucophthalma (A)
- Brown-backed Antwren Myrmotherula fjeldsaai
- 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
- Banded Antwren Dichrozona cincta
- Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus
- Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi
- Ancient Antwren Herpsilochmus gentryi
- Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris
- Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei
- Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
- Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota
- Chestnut-shouldered Antwren Terenura humeralis
- Ash-winged Antwren Terenura spodioptila
- Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
- 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
- Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
- Slate-colored Antbird Percnostola schistacea
- Spot-winged Antbird Percnostola leucostigma
- Stub-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza berlepschi
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
- Esmeraldas Antbird Myrmeciza nigricauda
- 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
- Gray-headed Antbird Myrmeciza griseiceps
- Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax
- White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
- Lunulated Antbird Gymnopithys lunulata
- Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata
- Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
- 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
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