Tufted antshrike
Tufted antshrike | |
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Male at São Paulo State, Brazil
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Female at São Paulo State, Brazil
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Mackenziaena |
Species: | M. severa
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Binomial name | |
Mackenziaena severa (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Lanius severus |
The tufted antshrike (Mackenziaena severa) is a species of
Taxonomy and systematics
The tufted antshrike shares genus Mackenziaena with the
Description
The tufted antshrike is a large dark antbird, 20 to 23 cm (7.9 to 9.1 in) long and weighing 50 to 80 g (1.8 to 2.8 oz). The species exhibits significant sexual dimorphism, though both sexes have a crest (that usually is flattened), red irises, and a moderately long black bill with a hook at the end like true shrikes. Adult males are mostly sooty gray with a blackish forehead and crest and browish black wings. Adult females are mostly blackish brown. Their forehead and crest are rufous, their upperparts have cinnamon bars, their tail has faint paler bars, and their underparts have pale buff bars. Subadult males resemble adult males but are more brownish overall.[5][6][7]
Distribution and habit
The tufted antshrike is found in Brazil from southeastern Bahia and east-central Minas Gerais south to Rio Grande do Sul and through eastern Paraguay into northeastern Argentina's Misiones Province. The tufted antshrike is a bird of the Atlantic Forest. It inhabits the understorey to mid-storey of evergreen forest and secondary forest in the lowlands and foothills. It favors areas with dense tangles of vines, thickets, and stands of bamboo. It also occurs in patches of highly degraded forest and also overgrown banana and Eucalyptus plantations and orchards that have dense stands of bamboo. In elevation it ranges from sea level to 1,400 m (4,600 ft).[5][6][7]
Behavior
Movement
The tufted antshrike is presumed to be a year-round resident throughout its range.[5]
Feeding
The tufted antshrike feeds on a variety of large insects and other
Breeding
The tufted antshrike's eggs have been described as having a clear base color with dark lilac spots ang gray lines. Nothing else is known about the species' breeding biology.[5]
Vocalization
The tufted antshrike's song is a "short, slow, slightly accelerating series of 6-8 very high, slightly rising, strident 'sreek' notes". Its call is a "sudden rising shriek, like 'sreeew' ".[6]
Status
The
References
- ^ . Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Lichtenstein, H. (1823). Verzeichniss der Doubletten des Zoologischen Museums. Berlin: T. Trautwein. pp. 45–46.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2024). "Antbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 14.1. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, G. Del-Rio, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 4 March 2024. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Society. https://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm retrieved March 5, 2024
- ^ a b c d e f Zimmer, K. and M.L. Isler (2020). Tufted Antshrike (Mackenziaena severa), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.tufant1.01 retrieved April 16, 2024
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7.
- ^ ISBN 0691090351.
External links
- Data related to Mackenziaena severa at Wikispecies