List of Birds of Panama - Typical Antbirds

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
  • Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi
  • Black Antshrike Thamnophilus nigriceps
  • Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
  • Speckled Antshrike Xenornis setifrons
  • Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
  • Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
  • Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps
  • Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
  • Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
  • Checker-throated Antwren Myrmotherula fulviventris
  • White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
  • Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
  • Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
  • Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
  • White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
  • Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota
  • Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina
  • Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
  • Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
  • White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
  • Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul
  • Dull-mantled Antbird Myrmeciza laemosticta
  • Immaculate Antbird Myrmeciza immaculata
  • Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
  • Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata
  • Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
  • Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani

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