Bird genealogy >> Order Passeriformes >> Family Thamnophilidae
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Location

Tambor, Guanacaste
Costa Rica

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/500 s, f/8, ISO 320 
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Bindenwollrücken Dutch  Gebandeerde Mierklauwier
Italian  Averla formichiera barrata Spanish  Batará Barrado

Comments

The barred Antshrike is an insectivore which feeds on ants and other arthropods at or near the ground; it sometimes follows columns of army ants, and will take small lizards and berries. It is a skulking species, which may be located by its chuckling hu-hu-hu-hu-hu-hu song, often performed as a duet by a pair of birds, or by a growled graaaaa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_antshrike




 

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    29/03/2010

Barred Antshrike male
Thamnophilus doliatus
Batara rayé

Jean-Michel PAULUS