List of antbird species explained

The avian family Thamnophilidae is usually called the typical antbirds. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 238 species distributed among 63 genera in the family, 24 of which have only one species.[1] Confusingly, only 96 of the species are called "antbirds"; the others are variously named antwren, antshrike, antvireo, bushbird, bare-eye, fire-eye, and stipplethroat.

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

List

Common nameBinomial name + authoritydata-sort-type="number" IOC sequence
Rufous-rumped antwrenEuchrepomis callinota (Sclater, PL, 1855)1
Chestnut-shouldered antwrenEuchrepomis humeralis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880)2
Yellow-rumped antwrenEuchrepomis sharpei (Berlepsch, 1901)3
Ash-winged antwrenEuchrepomis spodioptila (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1881)4
Wing-banded antbirdMyrmornis torquata (Boddaert, 1783)5
Spot-winged antshrikePygiptila stellaris (Spix, 1825)6
Russet antshrikeThamnistes anabatinus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 18607
Rufescent antshrikeThamnistes rufescens Cabanis, 18738
Dot-winged antwrenMicrorhopias quixensis (Cornalia, 1849)9
Black bushbirdNeoctantes niger (Pelzeln, 1859)10
Recurve-billed bushbirdClytoctantes alixii Elliot, DG, 187011
Rondonia bushbirdClytoctantes atrogularis Lanyon, S, Stotz & Willard, 199112
Checker-throated stipplethroatEpinecrophylla fulviventris (Lawrence, 1862)13
Brown-bellied stipplethroatEpinecrophylla gutturalis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1881)14
White-eyed stipplethroatEpinecrophylla leucophthalma (Pelzeln, 1868)15
Rufous-backed stipplethroatEpinecrophylla haematonota (Sclater, PL, 1857)16
Rio Madeira stipplethroatEpinecrophylla amazonica (Ihering, HFA, 1905)17
Foothill stipplethroatEpinecrophylla spodionota (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880)18
Ornate stipplethroatEpinecrophylla ornata (Sclater, PL, 1853)19
Rufous-tailed stipplethroatEpinecrophylla erythrura (Sclater, PL, 1890)20
Stripe-backed antbirdMyrmorchilus strigilatus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)21
Yapacana antbirdAprositornis disjuncta (Friedmann, 1945)22
Grey-bellied antbirdAmmonastes pelzelni (Sclater, PL, 1890)23
Black-throated antbirdMyrmophylax atrothorax (Boddaert, 1783)24
Moustached antwrenMyrmotherula ignota Griscom, 192925
Pygmy antwrenMyrmotherula brachyura (Hermann, 1783)26
Guianan streaked antwrenMyrmotherula surinamensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)27
Amazonian streaked antwrenMyrmotherula multostriata Sclater, PL, 185828
Pacific antwrenMyrmotherula pacifica Hellmayr, 191129
Cherrie's antwrenMyrmotherula cherriei Berlepsch & Hartert, EJO, 190230
Klages's antwrenMyrmotherula klagesi Todd, 192731
Stripe-chested antwrenMyrmotherula longicauda Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 189432
Yellow-throated antwrenMyrmotherula ambigua Zimmer, JT, 193233
Sclater's antwrenMyrmotherula sclateri Snethlage, E, 191234
White-flanked antwrenMyrmotherula axillaris (Vieillot, 1817)35
Silvery-flanked antwrenMyrmotherula luctuosa Pelzeln, 186836
Slaty antwrenMyrmotherula schisticolor (Lawrence, 1865)37
Rio Suno antwrenMyrmotherula sunensis Chapman, 192538
Salvadori's antwrenMyrmotherula minor Salvadori, 186439
Long-winged antwrenMyrmotherula longipennis Pelzeln, 186840
Band-tailed antwrenMyrmotherula urosticta (Sclater, PL, 1857)41
Ihering's antwrenMyrmotherula iheringi Snethlage, E, 191442
Rio de Janeiro antwrenMyrmotherula fluminensis Gonzaga, 198843
Yungas antwrenMyrmotherula grisea Carriker, 193544
Unicolored antwrenMyrmotherula unicolor (Ménétriés, 1835)45
Alagoas antwrenMyrmotherula snowi Teixeira & Gonzaga, 198546
Plain-winged antwrenMyrmotherula behni Berlepsch & Leverkühn, 189047
Grey antwrenMyrmotherula menetriesii (d'Orbigny, 1837)48
Leaden antwrenMyrmotherula assimilis Pelzeln, 186849
Streak-capped antwrenTerenura maculata (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)50
Orange-bellied antwrenTerenura sicki Teixeira & Gonzaga, 198351
Black-and-white antbirdMyrmochanes hemileucus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866)52
Narrow-billed antwrenFormicivora iheringi Hellmayr, 190953
Black-hooded antwrenFormicivora erythronotos Hartlaub, 185254
Southern white-fringed antwrenFormicivora grisea (Boddaert, 1783)55
Northern white-fringed antwrenFormicivora intermedia Cabanis, 184756
Serra antwrenFormicivora serrana (Hellmayr, 1929)57
Black-bellied antwrenFormicivora melanogaster Pelzeln, 186858
Rusty-backed antwrenFormicivora rufa (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)59
Sincora antwrenFormicivora grantsaui Gonzaga, Carvalhaes & Buzzetti, 200760
Marsh antwrenFormicivora acutirostris (Bornschein, Reinert & Teixeira, 1995)61
Banded antbirdDichrozona cincta (Pelzeln, 1868)62
Star-throated antwrenRhopias gularis (Spix, 1825)63
Plain-throated antwrenIsleria hauxwelli (Sclater, PL, 1857)64
Rufous-bellied antwrenIsleria guttata (Vieillot, 1824)65
Dusky-throated antshrikeThamnomanes ardesiacus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868)66
Saturnine antshrikeThamnomanes saturninus (Pelzeln, 1868)67
Cinereous antshrikeThamnomanes caesius (Temminck, 1820)68
Bluish-slate antshrikeThamnomanes schistogynus Hellmayr, 191169
Pearly antshrikeMegastictus margaritatus (Sclater, PL, 1855)70
Silvery-cheeked antshrikeSakesphoroides cristatus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)71
Bahia antwrenHerpsilochmus pileatus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)72
Black-capped antwrenHerpsilochmus atricapillus Pelzeln, 186873
Aripuana antwrenHerpsilochmus stotzi Whitney, Cohn-Haft, Bravo, Schunck & Silveira, 201374
Predicted antwrenHerpsilochmus praedictus Cohn-Haft & Bravo, 201375
Creamy-bellied antwrenHerpsilochmus motacilloides Taczanowski, 187476
Ash-throated antwrenHerpsilochmus parkeri Davis, TJ & O'Neill, 198677
Spot-tailed antwrenHerpsilochmus sticturus Salvin, 188578
Dugand's antwrenHerpsilochmus dugandi Meyer de Schauensee, 194579
Todd's antwrenHerpsilochmus stictocephalus Todd, 192780
Spot-backed antwrenHerpsilochmus dorsimaculatus Pelzeln, 186881
Roraiman antwrenHerpsilochmus roraimae Hellmayr, 190382
Pectoral antwrenHerpsilochmus pectoralis Sclater, PL, 185783
Large-billed antwrenHerpsilochmus longirostris Pelzeln, 186884
Ancient antwrenHerpsilochmus gentryi Whitney & Álvarez A, J, 199885
Yellow-breasted antwrenHerpsilochmus axillaris (Tschudi, 1844)86
Rusty-winged antwrenHerpsilochmus frater Sclater, PL & Salvin, 188087
Rufous-margined antwrenHerpsilochmus rufimarginatus (Temminck, 1822)88
Spot-breasted antvireoDysithamnus stictothorax (Temminck, 1823)89
Plain antvireoDysithamnus mentalis (Temminck, 1823)90
Streak-crowned antvireoDysithamnus striaticeps Lawrence, 186591
Spot-crowned antvireoDysithamnus puncticeps Salvin, 186692
Rufous-backed antvireoDysithamnus xanthopterus Burmeister, 185693
Bicolored antvireoDysithamnus occidentalis (Chapman, 1923)94
Plumbeous antvireoDysithamnus plumbeus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)95
White-streaked antvireoDysithamnus leucostictus Sclater, PL, 185896
Collared antshrikeThamnophilus bernardi Lesson, RP, 184497
Black-backed antshrikeThamnophilus melanonotus Sclater, PL, 185598
Band-tailed antshrikeThamnophilus melanothorax Sclater, PL, 185799
Barred antshrikeThamnophilus doliatus (Linnaeus, 1764)100
Chapman's antshrikeThamnophilus zarumae Chapman, 1921101
Bar-crested antshrikeThamnophilus multistriatus Lafresnaye, 1844102
Lined antshrikeThamnophilus tenuepunctatus Lafresnaye, 1853103
Chestnut-backed antshrikeThamnophilus palliatus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)104
Black-hooded antshrikeThamnophilus bridgesi Sclater, PL, 1856105
Black antshrikeThamnophilus nigriceps Sclater, PL, 1869106
Cocha antshrikeThamnophilus praecox Zimmer, JT, 1937107
Blackish-grey antshrikeThamnophilus nigrocinereus Sclater, PL, 1855108
Castelnau's antshrikeThamnophilus cryptoleucus (Ménégaux & Hellmayr, 1906)109
White-shouldered antshrikeThamnophilus aethiops Sclater, PL, 1858110
Uniform antshrikeThamnophilus unicolor (Sclater, PL, 1859)111
Plain-winged antshrikeThamnophilus schistaceus d'Orbigny, 1837112
Mouse-colored antshrikeThamnophilus murinus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868113
Upland antshrikeThamnophilus aroyae (Hellmayr, 1904)114
Black-crowned antshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha Salvin & Godman, 1892115
Northern slaty antshrikeThamnophilus punctatus (Shaw, 1809)116
Natterer's slaty antshrikeThamnophilus stictocephalus Pelzeln, 1868117
Bolivian slaty antshrikeThamnophilus sticturus Pelzeln, 1868118
Planalto slaty antshrikeThamnophilus pelzelni Hellmayr, 1924119
Sooretama slaty antshrikeThamnophilus ambiguus Swainson, 1825120
Amazonian antshrikeThamnophilus amazonicus Sclater, PL, 1858121
Acre antshrikeThamnophilus divisorius Whitney, Oren & Brumfield, 2004122
Streak-backed antshrikeThamnophilus insignis Salvin & Godman, 1884123
Variable antshrikeThamnophilus caerulescens Vieillot, 1816124
Rufous-winged antshrikeThamnophilus torquatus Swainson, 1825125
Rufous-capped antshrikeThamnophilus ruficapillus Vieillot, 1816126
Black-crested antshrikeSakesphorus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766)127
Glossy antshrikeSakesphorus luctuosus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)128
Caatinga antwrenRadinopsyche sellowi (Whitney & Pacheco, 2000)129
White-bearded antshrikeBiatas nigropectus (Lafresnaye, 1850)130
Fasciated antshrikeCymbilaimus lineatus (Leach, 1814)131
Bamboo antshrikeCymbilaimus sanctaemariae Gyldenstolpe, 1941132
Great antshrikeTaraba major (Vieillot, 1816)133
Large-tailed antshrikeMackenziaena leachii (Such, 1825)134
Tufted antshrikeMackenziaena severa (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)135
Black-throated antshrikeFrederickena viridis (Vieillot, 1816)136
Undulated antshrikeFrederickena unduliger (Pelzeln, 1868)137
Fulvous antshrikeFrederickena fulva Zimmer, JT, 1944138
Spot-backed antshrikeHypoedaleus guttatus (Vieillot, 1816)139
Giant antshrikeBatara cinerea (Vieillot, 1819)140
Speckled antshrikeXenornis setifrons Chapman, 1924141
White-plumed antbirdPithys albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766)142
White-masked antbirdPithys castaneus Berlioz, 1938143
Ocellated antbirdPhaenostictus mcleannani (Lawrence, 1860)144
Bicolored antbirdGymnopithys bicolor (Lawrence, 1863)145
White-cheeked antbirdGymnopithys leucaspis (Sclater, PL, 1855)146
Rufous-throated antbirdGymnopithys rufigula (Boddaert, 1783)147
White-throated antbirdOneillornis salvini (Berlepsch, 1901)148
Lunulated antbirdOneillornis lunulatus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873)149
Bare-eyed antbirdRhegmatorhina gymnops Ridgway, 1888150
Harlequin antbirdRhegmatorhina berlepschi (Snethlage, E, 1907)151
White-breasted antbirdRhegmatorhina hoffmannsi (Hellmayr, 1907)152
Chestnut-crested antbirdRhegmatorhina cristata (Pelzeln, 1868)153
Hairy-crested antbirdRhegmatorhina melanosticta (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880)154
Black-spotted bare-eyePhlegopsis nigromaculata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)155
Reddish-winged bare-eyePhlegopsis erythroptera (Gould, 1855)156
Pale-faced bare-eyePhlegopsis borbae Hellmayr, 1907157
Common scale-backed antbirdWillisornis poecilinotus (Cabanis, 1847)158
Xingu scale-backed antbirdWillisornis vidua (Hellmayr, 1905)159
Ferruginous antbirdDrymophila ferruginea (Temminck, 1822)160
Bertoni's antbirdDrymophila rubricollis (Bertoni, AW, 1901)161
Rufous-tailed antbirdDrymophila genei (de Filippi, 1847)162
Ochre-rumped antbirdDrymophila ochropyga (Hellmayr, 1906)163
Dusky-tailed antbirdDrymophila malura (Temminck, 1825)164
Scaled antbirdDrymophila squamata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)165
Striated antbirdDrymophila devillei (Ménégaux & Hellmayr, 1906)166
Santa Marta antbirdDrymophila hellmayri Todd, 1915167
Klages's antbirdDrymophila klagesi Hellmayr & Seilern, 1912168
East Andean antbirdDrymophila caudata (Sclater, PL, 1855)169
Streak-headed antbirdDrymophila striaticeps Chapman, 1912170
Guianan warbling antbirdHypocnemis cantator (Boddaert, 1783)171
Imeri warbling antbirdHypocnemis flavescens Sclater, PL, 1865172
Peruvian warbling antbirdHypocnemis peruviana Taczanowski, 1884173
Yellow-breasted warbling antbirdHypocnemis subflava Cabanis, 1873174
Rondonia warbling antbirdHypocnemis ochrogyna Zimmer, JT, 1932175
Spix's warbling antbirdHypocnemis striata (Spix, 1825)176
Manicore warbling antbirdHypocnemis rondoni Whitney, Isler, ML, Bravo, Aristizábal, Schunck, Silveira, Piacentini, Cohn-Haft & Rêgo, MA, 2013177
Yellow-browed antbirdHypocnemis hypoxantha Sclater, PL, 1869178
Southern chestnut-tailed antbirdSciaphylax hemimelaena (Sclater, PL, 1857)179
Northern chestnut-tailed antbirdSciaphylax castanea (Zimmer, JT, 1932)180
Willis's antbirdCercomacroides laeta (Todd, 1920)181
Parker's antbirdCercomacroides parkeri (Graves, GR, 1997)182
Blackish antbirdCercomacroides nigrescens (Cabanis & Heine, 1860)183
Riparian antbirdCercomacroides fuscicauda (Zimmer, JT, 1931)184
Dusky antbirdCercomacroides tyrannina (Sclater, PL, 1855)185
Black antbirdCercomacroides serva (Sclater, PL, 1858)186
Manu antbirdCercomacra manu Fitzpatrick & Willard, 1990187
Rio de Janeiro antbirdCercomacra brasiliana Hellmayr, 1905188
Grey antbirdCercomacra cinerascens (Sclater, PL, 1857)189
Mato Grosso antbirdCercomacra melanaria (Ménétriés, 1835)190
Bananal antbirdCercomacra ferdinandi Snethlage, E, 1928191
Jet antbirdCercomacra nigricans Sclater, PL, 1858192
Rio Branco antbirdCercomacra carbonaria Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873193
Ferruginous-backed antbirdMyrmoderus ferrugineus (Müller, PLS, 1776)194
Cordillera Azul antbirdMyrmoderus eowilsoni Moncrieff, Johnson, O, Lane, Beck, Angulo & Fagan, 2017195
Scalloped antbirdMyrmoderus ruficauda (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)196
White-bibbed antbirdMyrmoderus loricatus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)197
Squamate antbirdMyrmoderus squamosus (Pelzeln, 1868)198
Black-chinned antbirdHypocnemoides melanopogon (Sclater, PL, 1857)199
Band-tailed antbirdHypocnemoides maculicauda (Pelzeln, 1868)200
Spotted antbirdHylophylax naevioides (Lafresnaye, 1847)201
Spot-backed antbirdHylophylax naevius (Gmelin, JF, 1789)202
Dot-backed antbirdHylophylax punctulatus (des Murs, 1856)203
Silvered antbirdSclateria naevia (Gmelin, JF, 1788)204
Plumbeous antbirdMyrmelastes hyperythrus (Sclater, PL, 1855)205
Slate-colored antbirdMyrmelastes schistaceus (Sclater, PL, 1858)206
Spot-winged antbirdMyrmelastes leucostigma (Pelzeln, 1868)207
Humaita antbirdMyrmelastes humaythae (Hellmayr, 1907)208
Brownish-headed antbirdMyrmelastes brunneiceps (Zimmer, JT, 1931)209
Rufous-faced antbirdMyrmelastes rufifacies (Hellmayr, 1929)210
Roraiman antbirdMyrmelastes saturatus (Salvin, 1885)211
Caura antbirdMyrmelastes caurensis (Hellmayr, 1906)212
Chestnut-backed antbirdPoliocrania exsul (Sclater, PL, 1859)213
Grey-headed antbirdAmpelornis griseiceps (Chapman, 1923)214
Stub-tailed antbirdSipia berlepschi (Hartert, EJO, 1898)215
Esmeraldas antbirdSipia nigricauda (Salvin & Godman, 1892)216
Magdalena antbirdSipia palliata (Todd, 1917)217
Dull-mantled antbirdSipia laemosticta (Salvin, 1865)218
White-bellied antbirdMyrmeciza longipes (Swainson, 1825)219
Black-tailed antbirdMyrmoborus melanurus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866)220
White-lined antbirdMyrmoborus lophotes (Hellmayr & Seilern, 1914)221
Black-faced antbirdMyrmoborus myotherinus (Spix, 1825)222
White-browed antbirdMyrmoborus leucophrys (Tschudi, 1844)223
Ash-breasted antbirdMyrmoborus lugubris (Cabanis, 1847)224
Bare-crowned antbirdGymnocichla nudiceps (Cassin, 1850)225
Western fire-eyePyriglena maura (Ménétriés, 1835)226
Tapajos fire-eyePyriglena similis Zimmer, JT, 1931227
East Amazonian fire-eyePyriglena leuconota (Spix, 1824)228
Fringe-backed fire-eyePyriglena atra (Swainson, 1825)229
White-shouldered fire-eyePyriglena leucoptera (Vieillot, 1818)230
Slender antbirdRhopornis ardesiacus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831)231
Black-headed antbirdPercnostola rufifrons (Gmelin, JF, 1789)232
Allpahuayo antbirdPercnostola arenarum Isler, ML, Álvarez A, J, Isler, PR & Whitney, 2001233
White-shouldered antbirdAkletos melanoceps (Spix, 1825)234
Goeldi's antbirdAkletos goeldii (Snethlage, E, 1908)235
Sooty antbirdHafferia fortis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868)236
Blue-lored antbirdHafferia immaculata (Lafresnaye, 1845)237
Zeledon's antbirdHafferia zeledoni (Ridgway, 1909)238

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antbirds . IOC World Bird List . v 14.1 . Gill . F. . Donsker. D.. Rasmussen . P. . January 2024 . January 4, 2024 .