Caatinga Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus capistratus), male

Sítio Pau d'Arco - Potengi, CE, Brazil.

 

The species is endemic to the Caatinga vegetation in north-eastern Brazil.

 

Males have uniform black crown (no white barring to the base) and females have streaked throat and faintly barred belly. The iris is deep maroon-red.

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Tyranni

Family: Thamnophilidae

Subfamily: Thamnophilinae

Tribe: Thamnophilini

Genus: Thamnophilus Vieillot, 1816

Species: T. capistratus Lesson, 1840

Binomial name: Thamnophilus capistratus

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