Black-crowned antshrike

Black-crowned antshrike
A female in Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Thamnophilus
Species: T. atrinucha
Binomial name
Thamnophilus atrinucha
Salvin & Godman, 1892
Synonyms

Thamnophilus punctatus atrinucha

Male - Panama

The black-crowned antshrike or western slaty antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in from western Ecuador, western Colombia, western Venezuela, and Central America as far north as Belize.

It was previously included in the widespread Slaty Antshrike (T. punctatus), but following the split, this scientific name is now restricted to the northern slaty antshrike.

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