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BARRED ANTSHRIKE Thamnophilus doliatus
The Barred Antshrike is a distinctive bird with an expressive crest, raised when the bird is anxious, annoyed or curious. Like most Antshrikes they are easy to overlook, but they are heard often. Learn the voice and you may be surprised to find them in the middle of Asunción, occupying any bushy tangle that doesn´t yet have a resident pair!
Click on the images to enlarge them.
FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE1840PH) Adult male ventral view, Asunción, Departamento Central (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE1841PH) Adult male in alert posture, Antiguo Ferrocarril km80 de Puerto Casado (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE1842PH) Adult male head detail, location unknown (Karina Diarte Photography)
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE1843PH) Adult female, Bahía Negra area, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Juan Klavins 2003).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE1844PH) Fledgling, Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE1845PH) Female at nest, location unknown (Karina Diarte Photography)
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE1846PH) Nest, Bahá de Asunción, Departamento Central (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 8 - (FPAVE1847PH) Same nest detail of eggs (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE1848VI) Same individual as (FPAVE1841PH) (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO B - (FPAVE1849VI) Adult female, Antiguo Ferrocarril km80 de Puerto Casado (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO C - (FPAVE1850VI) Same individual as (FPAVE1844PH) (Paul Smith September 2006).
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Thamnophilus doliatus
1 song recorded Laguna Capitán, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
2 song recorded Kamba Aka, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Myriam Velázquez January 2003).
Click the link to hear the call. Longer versions of this call can be downloaded from the Paraguay page of our partner website Xeno-Canto - the largest collection of freely downloadable Neotropical bird calls available online.
Gallery 2 - Thamnophilus doliatus nest
A nest of this species was found on 16 November 2012 at Tres Gigantes, Departamento Alto Paraguay in scrubby Pantanal vegetation approximately 20m from the banks of the Rio Negro. The nest was a woven cup of dry grass suspended between thin branches and partially concealed in undergrowth, at a height of approximately one metre from the ground. The nest was 130mm long x 95mm wide x 85mm deep. The unlined cup was 75mm long x 55mm wide x 47mm deep. The clutch of two white eggs with purplish-brown spots and "scribbles" at the broadest end were being incubated by the female when the nest was found at 7.30am. Both eggs measured 22x16mm. All photos by Paul Smith.
FIGURE 2a - (FPAVE3776PH) Sitting female.
FIGURE 2b - (FPAVE3777PH) Lateral view of nest.
FIGURE 2c - (FPAVE3778PH) Nest cup with eggs.
FIGURE 2d - (FPAVE3779PH) Eggs.
FIGURE 2e - (FPAVE3780PH) Location of nest.
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