List of Birds of Peru - 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. There are 107 species which have been recorded in Peru.

• Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
• Bamboo Antshrike Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae
• Undulated Antshrike Frederickena unduligera
• Great Antshrike Taraba major
• Collared Antshrike Sakesphorus bernardi
• Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
• Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
• Chapman's Antshrike Thamnophilus zarumae
• Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus
• Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
• Castelnau's Antshrike Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
• White-shouldered Antshrike Thamnophilus aethiops
• Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
• Upland Antshrike Thamnophilus aroyae
• Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus
• Mouse-colored Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
• Western Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha (A)
• Northern Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
• Marañón Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus leucogaster (E)
• Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
• Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
• Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
• Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris
• Pearly Antshrike Megastictus margaritatus
• Black Bushbird Neoctantes niger
• Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
• Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
• White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus (A)
• Saturnine Antshrike Thamnomanes saturninus
• Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus
• Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius
• Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus
• Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura
• Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
• Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri
• Cherrie's Antwren Myrmotherula cherriei (A)
• Amazonian Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata
• Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda
• Plain-throated Antwren Myrmotherula hauxwelli
• White-eyed Antwren Myrmotherula leucophthalma
• 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
• Ihering's Antwren Myrmotherula iheringi
• Gray Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
• Leaden Antwren Myrmotherula assimilis
• Banded Antwren Dichrozona cincta
• Ash-throated Antwren Herpsilochmus parkeri (E)
• Creamy-bellied Antwren Herpsilochmus motacilloides (E)
• Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi
• Ancient Antwren Herpsilochmus gentryi
• Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris
• Rufous-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
• Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
• Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa
• Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei
• Long-tailed Antbird Drymophila caudata
• Rufous-rumped Antwren Terenura callinota
• Chestnut-shouldered Antwren Terenura humeralis
• Yellow-rumped Antwren Terenura sharpei
• Ash-winged Antwren Terenura spodioptila (A)
• Gray Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
• Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens
• Black Antbird Cercomacra serva
• Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu
• White-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
• White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys
• Ash-breasted Antbird Myrmoborus lugubris
• Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus
• Black-tailed Antbird Myrmoborus melanurus (E)
• Warbling Antbird Hypocnemis cantator
• Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha
• Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
• Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemoides maculicauda
• Black-and-white Antbird Myrmochanes hemileucus
• Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
• Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons
• Allpahuayo Antbird Percnostola arenarum (E)
• Slate-colored Antbird Percnostola schistacea
• Spot-winged Antbird Percnostola leucostigma
• White-lined Antbird Percnostola lophotes (E)
• Northern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza castanea
• Southern Chestnut-tailed Antbird Myrmeciza hemimelaena
• Plumbeous Antbird Myrmeciza hyperythra
• White-shouldered Antbird Myrmeciza melanoceps
• Goeldi's Antbird Myrmeciza goeldii
• Sooty Antbird Myrmeciza fortis
• Gray-headed Antbird Myrmeciza griseiceps
• Black-throated Antbird Myrmeciza atrothorax
• White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons
• White-masked Antbird Pithys castanea (E)
• Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
• Lunulated Antbird Gymnopithys lunulata (E)
• White-throated Antbird Gymnopithys salvini
• Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata
• Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
• 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