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Black-hooded Antshrike
Thamnophilus bridgesi Sclater, PL, 1856
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Black-hooded Antshrike, Thamnophilus bridgesi, is a passerine of the antbird family that breeds in Middle America, in Costa Rica and Panama. It was first described by Sclater in 1856. The bird is a resident of forest edges, secondary woodland, gallery forest and mangroves, usually in shrubby growth and vine tangles from low levels to the mid-storey. It is marked by sexual differences: adult males are mainly black with a white patch between the scapulars and small white spots on the wing coverts, while females are dark grey-brown with streaking and spotted wings.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- Middle America: Costa Rica and Panama
