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What the Band-tailed Antshrike sounds like
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The band-tailed antshrike is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long; one individual weighed 31 g (1.1 oz). Members of genus Thamnophilus are largish members of the antbird family; all have stout bills with a hook like those of true shrikes. Adult males are almost entirely black except for a hidden white patch between the scapulars, small white spots on the wing coverts, and the eponymous wide white band at the end of the tail. Adult females have a bright deep rufous crown, upperparts, wings, and tail. Their face, throat, and breast are black. Voice: The band-tailed antshrike's song is a "slow, slightly accelerating series of 7-9 low, hollow 'ah' notes". Its call is "a muffled, nasal growl, sometimes doubled".
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When to see the Band-tailed Antshrike
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Band-tailed Antshrike
The map shades 3 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.
About the Band-tailed Antshrike
The band-tailed antshrike is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname.
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Easily confused with
Streak-backed AntshrikeThamnophilus insignisThe streak-backed antshrike is 16 to 17 cm (6.3 to 6.7 in) long and weighs 22 to 30 g (0.78 to 1.1 oz).
Acre AntshrikeThamnophilus divisoriusThe Acre antshrike is about 16 cm (6.3 in) long and weighs about 22 g (0.78 oz).
Maranon AntshrikeThamnophilus shumbaeThamnophilus shumbae are usually between 15 and 16 cm.
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