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.
Common name | Binomial name + authority | data-sort-type="number" | IOC sequence |
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Rufous-rumped antwren | Euchrepomis callinota (Sclater, PL, 1855) | 1 | |
Chestnut-shouldered antwren | Euchrepomis humeralis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) | 2 | |
Yellow-rumped antwren | Euchrepomis sharpei (Berlepsch, 1901) | 3 | |
Ash-winged antwren | Euchrepomis spodioptila (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1881) | 4 | |
Wing-banded antbird | Myrmornis torquata (Boddaert, 1783) | 5 | |
Spot-winged antshrike | Pygiptila stellaris (Spix, 1825) | 6 | |
Russet antshrike | Thamnistes anabatinus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1860 | 7 | |
Rufescent antshrike | Thamnistes rufescens Cabanis, 1873 | 8 | |
Dot-winged antwren | Microrhopias quixensis (Cornalia, 1849) | 9 | |
Black bushbird | Neoctantes niger (Pelzeln, 1859) | 10 | |
Recurve-billed bushbird | Clytoctantes alixii Elliot, DG, 1870 | 11 | |
Rondonia bushbird | Clytoctantes atrogularis Lanyon, S, Stotz & Willard, 1991 | 12 | |
Checker-throated stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla fulviventris (Lawrence, 1862) | 13 | |
Brown-bellied stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla gutturalis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1881) | 14 | |
White-eyed stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla leucophthalma (Pelzeln, 1868) | 15 | |
Rufous-backed stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla haematonota (Sclater, PL, 1857) | 16 | |
Rio Madeira stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla amazonica (Ihering, HFA, 1905) | 17 | |
Foothill stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla spodionota (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) | 18 | |
Ornate stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla ornata (Sclater, PL, 1853) | 19 | |
Rufous-tailed stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla erythrura (Sclater, PL, 1890) | 20 | |
Stripe-backed antbird | Myrmorchilus strigilatus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 21 | |
Yapacana antbird | Aprositornis disjuncta (Friedmann, 1945) | 22 | |
Grey-bellied antbird | Ammonastes pelzelni (Sclater, PL, 1890) | 23 | |
Black-throated antbird | Myrmophylax atrothorax (Boddaert, 1783) | 24 | |
Moustached antwren | Myrmotherula ignota Griscom, 1929 | 25 | |
Pygmy antwren | Myrmotherula brachyura (Hermann, 1783) | 26 | |
Guianan streaked antwren | Myrmotherula surinamensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 27 | |
Amazonian streaked antwren | Myrmotherula multostriata Sclater, PL, 1858 | 28 | |
Pacific antwren | Myrmotherula pacifica Hellmayr, 1911 | 29 | |
Cherrie's antwren | Myrmotherula cherriei Berlepsch & Hartert, EJO, 1902 | 30 | |
Klages's antwren | Myrmotherula klagesi Todd, 1927 | 31 | |
Stripe-chested antwren | Myrmotherula longicauda Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894 | 32 | |
Yellow-throated antwren | Myrmotherula ambigua Zimmer, JT, 1932 | 33 | |
Sclater's antwren | Myrmotherula sclateri Snethlage, E, 1912 | 34 | |
White-flanked antwren | Myrmotherula axillaris (Vieillot, 1817) | 35 | |
Silvery-flanked antwren | Myrmotherula luctuosa Pelzeln, 1868 | 36 | |
Slaty antwren | Myrmotherula schisticolor (Lawrence, 1865) | 37 | |
Rio Suno antwren | Myrmotherula sunensis Chapman, 1925 | 38 | |
Salvadori's antwren | Myrmotherula minor Salvadori, 1864 | 39 | |
Long-winged antwren | Myrmotherula longipennis Pelzeln, 1868 | 40 | |
Band-tailed antwren | Myrmotherula urosticta (Sclater, PL, 1857) | 41 | |
Ihering's antwren | Myrmotherula iheringi Snethlage, E, 1914 | 42 | |
Rio de Janeiro antwren | Myrmotherula fluminensis Gonzaga, 1988 | 43 | |
Yungas antwren | Myrmotherula grisea Carriker, 1935 | 44 | |
Unicolored antwren | Myrmotherula unicolor (Ménétriés, 1835) | 45 | |
Alagoas antwren | Myrmotherula snowi Teixeira & Gonzaga, 1985 | 46 | |
Plain-winged antwren | Myrmotherula behni Berlepsch & Leverkühn, 1890 | 47 | |
Grey antwren | Myrmotherula menetriesii (d'Orbigny, 1837) | 48 | |
Leaden antwren | Myrmotherula assimilis Pelzeln, 1868 | 49 | |
Streak-capped antwren | Terenura maculata (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 50 | |
Orange-bellied antwren | Terenura sicki Teixeira & Gonzaga, 1983 | 51 | |
Black-and-white antbird | Myrmochanes hemileucus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866) | 52 | |
Narrow-billed antwren | Formicivora iheringi Hellmayr, 1909 | 53 | |
Black-hooded antwren | Formicivora erythronotos Hartlaub, 1852 | 54 | |
Southern white-fringed antwren | Formicivora grisea (Boddaert, 1783) | 55 | |
Northern white-fringed antwren | Formicivora intermedia Cabanis, 1847 | 56 | |
Serra antwren | Formicivora serrana (Hellmayr, 1929) | 57 | |
Black-bellied antwren | Formicivora melanogaster Pelzeln, 1868 | 58 | |
Rusty-backed antwren | Formicivora rufa (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 59 | |
Sincora antwren | Formicivora grantsaui Gonzaga, Carvalhaes & Buzzetti, 2007 | 60 | |
Marsh antwren | Formicivora acutirostris (Bornschein, Reinert & Teixeira, 1995) | 61 | |
Banded antbird | Dichrozona cincta (Pelzeln, 1868) | 62 | |
Star-throated antwren | Rhopias gularis (Spix, 1825) | 63 | |
Plain-throated antwren | Isleria hauxwelli (Sclater, PL, 1857) | 64 | |
Rufous-bellied antwren | Isleria guttata (Vieillot, 1824) | 65 | |
Dusky-throated antshrike | Thamnomanes ardesiacus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) | 66 | |
Saturnine antshrike | Thamnomanes saturninus (Pelzeln, 1868) | 67 | |
Cinereous antshrike | Thamnomanes caesius (Temminck, 1820) | 68 | |
Bluish-slate antshrike | Thamnomanes schistogynus Hellmayr, 1911 | 69 | |
Pearly antshrike | Megastictus margaritatus (Sclater, PL, 1855) | 70 | |
Silvery-cheeked antshrike | Sakesphoroides cristatus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 71 | |
Bahia antwren | Herpsilochmus pileatus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 72 | |
Black-capped antwren | Herpsilochmus atricapillus Pelzeln, 1868 | 73 | |
Aripuana antwren | Herpsilochmus stotzi Whitney, Cohn-Haft, Bravo, Schunck & Silveira, 2013 | 74 | |
Predicted antwren | Herpsilochmus praedictus Cohn-Haft & Bravo, 2013 | 75 | |
Creamy-bellied antwren | Herpsilochmus motacilloides Taczanowski, 1874 | 76 | |
Ash-throated antwren | Herpsilochmus parkeri Davis, TJ & O'Neill, 1986 | 77 | |
Spot-tailed antwren | Herpsilochmus sticturus Salvin, 1885 | 78 | |
Dugand's antwren | Herpsilochmus dugandi Meyer de Schauensee, 1945 | 79 | |
Todd's antwren | Herpsilochmus stictocephalus Todd, 1927 | 80 | |
Spot-backed antwren | Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus Pelzeln, 1868 | 81 | |
Roraiman antwren | Herpsilochmus roraimae Hellmayr, 1903 | 82 | |
Pectoral antwren | Herpsilochmus pectoralis Sclater, PL, 1857 | 83 | |
Large-billed antwren | Herpsilochmus longirostris Pelzeln, 1868 | 84 | |
Ancient antwren | Herpsilochmus gentryi Whitney & Álvarez A, J, 1998 | 85 | |
Yellow-breasted antwren | Herpsilochmus axillaris (Tschudi, 1844) | 86 | |
Rusty-winged antwren | Herpsilochmus frater Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880 | 87 | |
Rufous-margined antwren | Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus (Temminck, 1822) | 88 | |
Spot-breasted antvireo | Dysithamnus stictothorax (Temminck, 1823) | 89 | |
Plain antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis (Temminck, 1823) | 90 | |
Streak-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus striaticeps Lawrence, 1865 | 91 | |
Spot-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus puncticeps Salvin, 1866 | 92 | |
Rufous-backed antvireo | Dysithamnus xanthopterus Burmeister, 1856 | 93 | |
Bicolored antvireo | Dysithamnus occidentalis (Chapman, 1923) | 94 | |
Plumbeous antvireo | Dysithamnus plumbeus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 95 | |
White-streaked antvireo | Dysithamnus leucostictus Sclater, PL, 1858 | 96 | |
Collared antshrike | Thamnophilus bernardi Lesson, RP, 1844 | 97 | |
Black-backed antshrike | Thamnophilus melanonotus Sclater, PL, 1855 | 98 | |
Band-tailed antshrike | Thamnophilus melanothorax Sclater, PL, 1857 | 99 | |
Barred antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus (Linnaeus, 1764) | 100 | |
Chapman's antshrike | Thamnophilus zarumae Chapman, 1921 | 101 | |
Bar-crested antshrike | Thamnophilus multistriatus Lafresnaye, 1844 | 102 | |
Lined antshrike | Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus Lafresnaye, 1853 | 103 | |
Chestnut-backed antshrike | Thamnophilus palliatus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 104 | |
Black-hooded antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi Sclater, PL, 1856 | 105 | |
Black antshrike | Thamnophilus nigriceps Sclater, PL, 1869 | 106 | |
Cocha antshrike | Thamnophilus praecox Zimmer, JT, 1937 | 107 | |
Blackish-grey antshrike | Thamnophilus nigrocinereus Sclater, PL, 1855 | 108 | |
Castelnau's antshrike | Thamnophilus cryptoleucus (Ménégaux & Hellmayr, 1906) | 109 | |
White-shouldered antshrike | Thamnophilus aethiops Sclater, PL, 1858 | 110 | |
Uniform antshrike | Thamnophilus unicolor (Sclater, PL, 1859) | 111 | |
Plain-winged antshrike | Thamnophilus schistaceus d'Orbigny, 1837 | 112 | |
Mouse-colored antshrike | Thamnophilus murinus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868 | 113 | |
Upland antshrike | Thamnophilus aroyae (Hellmayr, 1904) | 114 | |
Black-crowned antshrike | Thamnophilus atrinucha Salvin & Godman, 1892 | 115 | |
Northern slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus punctatus (Shaw, 1809) | 116 | |
Natterer's slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus stictocephalus Pelzeln, 1868 | 117 | |
Bolivian slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus sticturus Pelzeln, 1868 | 118 | |
Planalto slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus pelzelni Hellmayr, 1924 | 119 | |
Sooretama slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus ambiguus Swainson, 1825 | 120 | |
Amazonian antshrike | Thamnophilus amazonicus Sclater, PL, 1858 | 121 | |
Acre antshrike | Thamnophilus divisorius Whitney, Oren & Brumfield, 2004 | 122 | |
Streak-backed antshrike | Thamnophilus insignis Salvin & Godman, 1884 | 123 | |
Variable antshrike | Thamnophilus caerulescens Vieillot, 1816 | 124 | |
Rufous-winged antshrike | Thamnophilus torquatus Swainson, 1825 | 125 | |
Rufous-capped antshrike | Thamnophilus ruficapillus Vieillot, 1816 | 126 | |
Black-crested antshrike | Sakesphorus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 127 | |
Glossy antshrike | Sakesphorus luctuosus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 128 | |
Caatinga antwren | Radinopsyche sellowi (Whitney & Pacheco, 2000) | 129 | |
White-bearded antshrike | Biatas nigropectus (Lafresnaye, 1850) | 130 | |
Fasciated antshrike | Cymbilaimus lineatus (Leach, 1814) | 131 | |
Bamboo antshrike | Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae Gyldenstolpe, 1941 | 132 | |
Great antshrike | Taraba major (Vieillot, 1816) | 133 | |
Large-tailed antshrike | Mackenziaena leachii (Such, 1825) | 134 | |
Tufted antshrike | Mackenziaena severa (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 135 | |
Black-throated antshrike | Frederickena viridis (Vieillot, 1816) | 136 | |
Undulated antshrike | Frederickena unduliger (Pelzeln, 1868) | 137 | |
Fulvous antshrike | Frederickena fulva Zimmer, JT, 1944 | 138 | |
Spot-backed antshrike | Hypoedaleus guttatus (Vieillot, 1816) | 139 | |
Giant antshrike | Batara cinerea (Vieillot, 1819) | 140 | |
Speckled antshrike | Xenornis setifrons Chapman, 1924 | 141 | |
White-plumed antbird | Pithys albifrons (Linnaeus, 1766) | 142 | |
White-masked antbird | Pithys castaneus Berlioz, 1938 | 143 | |
Ocellated antbird | Phaenostictus mcleannani (Lawrence, 1860) | 144 | |
Bicolored antbird | Gymnopithys bicolor (Lawrence, 1863) | 145 | |
White-cheeked antbird | Gymnopithys leucaspis (Sclater, PL, 1855) | 146 | |
Rufous-throated antbird | Gymnopithys rufigula (Boddaert, 1783) | 147 | |
White-throated antbird | Oneillornis salvini (Berlepsch, 1901) | 148 | |
Lunulated antbird | Oneillornis lunulatus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873) | 149 | |
Bare-eyed antbird | Rhegmatorhina gymnops Ridgway, 1888 | 150 | |
Harlequin antbird | Rhegmatorhina berlepschi (Snethlage, E, 1907) | 151 | |
White-breasted antbird | Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi (Hellmayr, 1907) | 152 | |
Chestnut-crested antbird | Rhegmatorhina cristata (Pelzeln, 1868) | 153 | |
Hairy-crested antbird | Rhegmatorhina melanosticta (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) | 154 | |
Black-spotted bare-eye | Phlegopsis nigromaculata (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | 155 | |
Reddish-winged bare-eye | Phlegopsis erythroptera (Gould, 1855) | 156 | |
Pale-faced bare-eye | Phlegopsis borbae Hellmayr, 1907 | 157 | |
Common scale-backed antbird | Willisornis poecilinotus (Cabanis, 1847) | 158 | |
Xingu scale-backed antbird | Willisornis vidua (Hellmayr, 1905) | 159 | |
Ferruginous antbird | Drymophila ferruginea (Temminck, 1822) | 160 | |
Bertoni's antbird | Drymophila rubricollis (Bertoni, AW, 1901) | 161 | |
Rufous-tailed antbird | Drymophila genei (de Filippi, 1847) | 162 | |
Ochre-rumped antbird | Drymophila ochropyga (Hellmayr, 1906) | 163 | |
Dusky-tailed antbird | Drymophila malura (Temminck, 1825) | 164 | |
Scaled antbird | Drymophila squamata (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 165 | |
Striated antbird | Drymophila devillei (Ménégaux & Hellmayr, 1906) | 166 | |
Santa Marta antbird | Drymophila hellmayri Todd, 1915 | 167 | |
Klages's antbird | Drymophila klagesi Hellmayr & Seilern, 1912 | 168 | |
East Andean antbird | Drymophila caudata (Sclater, PL, 1855) | 169 | |
Streak-headed antbird | Drymophila striaticeps Chapman, 1912 | 170 | |
Guianan warbling antbird | Hypocnemis cantator (Boddaert, 1783) | 171 | |
Imeri warbling antbird | Hypocnemis flavescens Sclater, PL, 1865 | 172 | |
Peruvian warbling antbird | Hypocnemis peruviana Taczanowski, 1884 | 173 | |
Yellow-breasted warbling antbird | Hypocnemis subflava Cabanis, 1873 | 174 | |
Rondonia warbling antbird | Hypocnemis ochrogyna Zimmer, JT, 1932 | 175 | |
Spix's warbling antbird | Hypocnemis striata (Spix, 1825) | 176 | |
Manicore warbling antbird | Hypocnemis rondoni Whitney, Isler, ML, Bravo, Aristizábal, Schunck, Silveira, Piacentini, Cohn-Haft & Rêgo, MA, 2013 | 177 | |
Yellow-browed antbird | Hypocnemis hypoxantha Sclater, PL, 1869 | 178 | |
Southern chestnut-tailed antbird | Sciaphylax hemimelaena (Sclater, PL, 1857) | 179 | |
Northern chestnut-tailed antbird | Sciaphylax castanea (Zimmer, JT, 1932) | 180 | |
Willis's antbird | Cercomacroides laeta (Todd, 1920) | 181 | |
Parker's antbird | Cercomacroides parkeri (Graves, GR, 1997) | 182 | |
Blackish antbird | Cercomacroides nigrescens (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) | 183 | |
Riparian antbird | Cercomacroides fuscicauda (Zimmer, JT, 1931) | 184 | |
Dusky antbird | Cercomacroides tyrannina (Sclater, PL, 1855) | 185 | |
Black antbird | Cercomacroides serva (Sclater, PL, 1858) | 186 | |
Manu antbird | Cercomacra manu Fitzpatrick & Willard, 1990 | 187 | |
Rio de Janeiro antbird | Cercomacra brasiliana Hellmayr, 1905 | 188 | |
Grey antbird | Cercomacra cinerascens (Sclater, PL, 1857) | 189 | |
Mato Grosso antbird | Cercomacra melanaria (Ménétriés, 1835) | 190 | |
Bananal antbird | Cercomacra ferdinandi Snethlage, E, 1928 | 191 | |
Jet antbird | Cercomacra nigricans Sclater, PL, 1858 | 192 | |
Rio Branco antbird | Cercomacra carbonaria Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873 | 193 | |
Ferruginous-backed antbird | Myrmoderus ferrugineus (Müller, PLS, 1776) | 194 | |
Cordillera Azul antbird | Myrmoderus eowilsoni Moncrieff, Johnson, O, Lane, Beck, Angulo & Fagan, 2017 | 195 | |
Scalloped antbird | Myrmoderus ruficauda (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 196 | |
White-bibbed antbird | Myrmoderus loricatus (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 197 | |
Squamate antbird | Myrmoderus squamosus (Pelzeln, 1868) | 198 | |
Black-chinned antbird | Hypocnemoides melanopogon (Sclater, PL, 1857) | 199 | |
Band-tailed antbird | Hypocnemoides maculicauda (Pelzeln, 1868) | 200 | |
Spotted antbird | Hylophylax naevioides (Lafresnaye, 1847) | 201 | |
Spot-backed antbird | Hylophylax naevius (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 202 | |
Dot-backed antbird | Hylophylax punctulatus (des Murs, 1856) | 203 | |
Silvered antbird | Sclateria naevia (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 204 | |
Plumbeous antbird | Myrmelastes hyperythrus (Sclater, PL, 1855) | 205 | |
Slate-colored antbird | Myrmelastes schistaceus (Sclater, PL, 1858) | 206 | |
Spot-winged antbird | Myrmelastes leucostigma (Pelzeln, 1868) | 207 | |
Humaita antbird | Myrmelastes humaythae (Hellmayr, 1907) | 208 | |
Brownish-headed antbird | Myrmelastes brunneiceps (Zimmer, JT, 1931) | 209 | |
Rufous-faced antbird | Myrmelastes rufifacies (Hellmayr, 1929) | 210 | |
Roraiman antbird | Myrmelastes saturatus (Salvin, 1885) | 211 | |
Caura antbird | Myrmelastes caurensis (Hellmayr, 1906) | 212 | |
Chestnut-backed antbird | Poliocrania exsul (Sclater, PL, 1859) | 213 | |
Grey-headed antbird | Ampelornis griseiceps (Chapman, 1923) | 214 | |
Stub-tailed antbird | Sipia berlepschi (Hartert, EJO, 1898) | 215 | |
Esmeraldas antbird | Sipia nigricauda (Salvin & Godman, 1892) | 216 | |
Magdalena antbird | Sipia palliata (Todd, 1917) | 217 | |
Dull-mantled antbird | Sipia laemosticta (Salvin, 1865) | 218 | |
White-bellied antbird | Myrmeciza longipes (Swainson, 1825) | 219 | |
Black-tailed antbird | Myrmoborus melanurus (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866) | 220 | |
White-lined antbird | Myrmoborus lophotes (Hellmayr & Seilern, 1914) | 221 | |
Black-faced antbird | Myrmoborus myotherinus (Spix, 1825) | 222 | |
White-browed antbird | Myrmoborus leucophrys (Tschudi, 1844) | 223 | |
Ash-breasted antbird | Myrmoborus lugubris (Cabanis, 1847) | 224 | |
Bare-crowned antbird | Gymnocichla nudiceps (Cassin, 1850) | 225 | |
Western fire-eye | Pyriglena maura (Ménétriés, 1835) | 226 | |
Tapajos fire-eye | Pyriglena similis Zimmer, JT, 1931 | 227 | |
East Amazonian fire-eye | Pyriglena leuconota (Spix, 1824) | 228 | |
Fringe-backed fire-eye | Pyriglena atra (Swainson, 1825) | 229 | |
White-shouldered fire-eye | Pyriglena leucoptera (Vieillot, 1818) | 230 | |
Slender antbird | Rhopornis ardesiacus (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 231 | |
Black-headed antbird | Percnostola rufifrons (Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 232 | |
Allpahuayo antbird | Percnostola arenarum Isler, ML, Álvarez A, J, Isler, PR & Whitney, 2001 | 233 | |
White-shouldered antbird | Akletos melanoceps (Spix, 1825) | 234 | |
Goeldi's antbird | Akletos goeldii (Snethlage, E, 1908) | 235 | |
Sooty antbird | Hafferia fortis (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) | 236 | |
Blue-lored antbird | Hafferia immaculata (Lafresnaye, 1845) | 237 | |
Zeledon's antbird | Hafferia zeledoni (Ridgway, 1909) | 238 | |