White-shouldered antshrike

White-shouldered antshrike
male from Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Thamnophilus
Species: T. aethiops
Binomial name
Thamnophilus aethiops
Sclater, 1858

The white-shouldered antshrike (Thamnophilus aethiops) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.

Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1890

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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