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Chestnut-backed Antshrike
Thamnophilus palliatus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
Chestnut-backed Antshrike, Thamnophilus palliatus, is a passerine of the antbird family found in South America, in southern Amazonia and south-eastern Brazil. It occurs in Brazil south of the Amazon, with separate populations in coastal eastern Brazil, and also reaches Bolivia and Peru. It is a member of Thamnophilidae with a hooked bill and a crest, and the species shows some difference between the sexes. The nominate form has a black head with white spotting, rufous-brown upperparts, and barred underparts, while females are similar but with a deep rufous-brown crown.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: s Amazonia and se Brazil
