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White-shouldered Antshrike
Thamnophilus aethiops Sclater, PL, 1858
Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
White-shouldered Antshrike, Thamnophilus aethiops, is a South American bird of Amazonia in the antbird family. It was described by Sclater in 1858. Its range covers Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, and it is found in evergreen forest, especially in dense understorey. In Colombia, Ecuador and Peru it also occurs in Andean foothills and lower terra firme forest. In Venezuela and Amazonian Brazil it is often along watercourses and in overgrown openings, and in Mato Grosso it is linked with Guadua bamboo stands.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Thamnophilidae — Antbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Amazonia
