The are a large Family of smallish Passerine Bird Species of subtropical and tropical Central and South America . They are closely related to the antthrushes and antpittas in the family Formicariidae .
These are forest birds, but tend to feed on Insect s at or near the ground. A sizable minority of them specialize in following columns of Army Ant s to eat the small invertebrates that leave hiding to flee the ants.
Many species lack bright colour; brown, black and white being the dominant tones in their appearance.
They lay two or three eggs in a nest in a tree, both sexes incubating.
There are 208 species, variously named as antwrens, antvireos, antbirds and antshrikes. These terms refer to the relative sizes of the birds (in the order given) rather than any particular resemblance to the true Wren s, Vireo s or Shrike s.
The genus ''Phlegopsis'' is the Bare-eye s, ''Pyriglena'' the Fire-eye s and ''Neoctantes'' and ''Clytoctantes'' are the Bushbird s.
- Fasciated Antshrike , ''Cymbilaimus lineatus''
- Bamboo Antshrike , ''Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae''
- Spot-backed Antshrike , ''Hypoedaleus guttatus''
- Giant Antshrike , ''Batara cinerea''
- Tufted Antshrike , ''Mackenziaena severa''
- Large-tailed Antshrike , ''Mackenziaena leachii''
- Black-throated Antshrike , ''Frederickena viridis''
- Undulated Antshrike , ''Frederickena unduligera''
- Great Antshrike , ''Taraba major''
- Collared Antshrike , ''Sakesphorus bernardi''
- Black-crested Antshrike , ''Sakesphorus canadensis''
- Silvery-cheeked Antshrike , ''Sakesphorus cristatus''
- Black-backed Antshrike , ''Sakesphorus melanonotus''
- Band-tailed Antshrike , ''Sakesphorus melanothorax''
- Glossy Antshrike , ''Sakesphorus luctuosus''
- White-bearded Antshrike , ''Biatas nigropectus''
- Barred Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus doliatus''
- Chapman's Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus zarumae''
- Bar-crested Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus multistriatus''
- Chestnut-backed Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus palliatus''
- Lined Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus''
- Black-hooded Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus bridgesi''
- Black Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus nigriceps''
- Cocha Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus praecox''
- Blackish-gray Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus nigrocinereus''
- Castelnau's Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus cryptoleucus''
- White-shouldered Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus aethiops''
- Uniform Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus unicolor''
- Upland Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus aroyae''
- Plain-winged Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus schistaceus''
- Mouse-colored Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus murinus''
- Western Slaty Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus atrinucha''
- Guianan Slaty Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus punctatus''
- Peruvian Slaty Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus leucogaster''
- Natterer's Slaty Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus stictocephalus''
- Bolivian Slaty Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus sticturus''
- Planalto Slaty Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus pelzelni''
- Sooretama Slaty Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus ambiguus''
- Streak-backed Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus insignis''
- Amazonian Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus amazonicus''
- Variable Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus caerulescens''
- Rufous-winged Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus torquatus''
- Rufous-capped Antshrike , ''Thamnophilus ruficapillus''
- Spot-winged Antshrike , ''Pygiptila stellaris''
- Pearly Antshrike , ''Megastictus margaritatus''
- Black Bushbird , ''Neoctantes niger''
- Recurve-billed Bushbird , ''Clytoctantes alixii''
- Rondonia Bushbird , ''Clytoctantes atrogularis''
- Speckled Antshrike , ''Xenornis setifrons''
- Russet Antshrike , ''Thamnistes anabatinus''
- Spot-breasted Antvireo , ''Dysithamnus stictothorax''
- Plain Antvireo , ''Dysithamnus mentalis''
- Streak-crowned Antvireo , ''Dysithamnus striaticeps''
- Spot-crowned Antvireo , ''Dysithamnus puncticeps''
- Rufous-backed Antvireo , ''Dysithamnus xanthopterus''
- White-streaked Antvireo , ''Dysithamnus leucostictus''
- Plumbeous Antvireo , ''Dysithamnus plumbeus''
- Bicolored Antvireo , ''Dysithamnus occidentalis''
- Saturnine Antshrike , ''Thamnomanes saturninus''
- Dusky-throated Antshrike , ''Thamnomanes ardesiacus''
- Cinereous Antshrike , ''Thamnomanes caesius''
- Bluish-slate Antshrike , ''Thamnomanes schistogynus''
- Pygmy Antwren , ''Myrmotherula brachyura''
- Short-billed Antwren , ''Myrmotherula obscura''
- Sclater's Antwren , ''Myrmotherula sclateri''
- Klages' Antwren , ''Myrmotherula klagesi''
- Yellow-throated Antwren , ''Myrmotherula ambigua''
- Cherrie's Antwren , ''Myrmotherula cherriei''
- Pacific Antwren , ''Myrmotherula pacifica''
- Amazonian Antwren , ''Myrmotherula multostriata''
- Guianan Antwren , ''Myrmotherula surinamensis''
- Stripe-chested Antwren , ''Myrmotherula longicauda''
- Plain-throated Antwren , ''Myrmotherula hauxwelli''
- Rufous-bellied Antwren , ''Myrmotherula guttata''
- Star-throated Antwren , ''Myrmotherula gularis''
- Brown-bellied Antwren , ''Myrmotherula gutturalis''
- Checker-throated Antwren , ''Myrmotherula fulviventris''
- White-eyed Antwren , ''Myrmotherula leucophthalma''
- Brown-backed Antwren , ''Myrmotherula fjeldsaai''
- Stipple-throated Antwren , ''Myrmotherula haematonota''
- Foothill Antwren , ''Myrmotherula spodionota''
- Ornate Antwren , ''Myrmotherula ornata''
- Rufous-tailed Antwren , ''Myrmotherula erythrura''
- White-flanked Antwren , ''Myrmotherula axillaris''
- Rio De Janeiro Antwren , ''Myrmotherula fluminensis''
- Slaty Antwren , ''Myrmotherula schisticolor''
- Rio Suno Antwren , ''Myrmotherula sunensis''
- Long-winged Antwren , ''Myrmotherula longipennis''
- Salvadori's Antwren , ''Myrmotherula minor''
- Ihering's Antwren , ''Myrmotherula iheringi''
- Ashy Antwren , ''Myrmotherula grisea''
- Plain-winged Antwren , ''Myrmotherula behni''
- Unicolored Antwren , ''Myrmotherula unicolor''
- Alagoas Antwren , ''Myrmotherula snowi''
- Band-tailed Antwren , ''Myrmotherula urosticta''
- Gray Antwren , ''Myrmotherula menetriesii''
- Leaden Antwren , ''Myrmotherula assimilis''
- Banded Antwren , ''Dichrozona cincta''
- Stripe-backed Antbird , ''Myrmorchilus strigilatus''
- Ash-throated Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus parkeri''
- Creamy-bellied Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus motacilloides''
- Black-capped Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus atricapillus''
- Caatinga Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus sellowi''
- Pileated Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus pileatus''
- Spot-tailed Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus sticturus''
- Dugand's Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus dugandi''
- Todd's Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus stictocephalus''
- Ancient Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus gentryi''
- Spot-backed Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus''
- Roraiman Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus roraimae''
- Pectoral Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus pectoralis''
- Large-billed Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus longirostris''
- Yellow-breasted Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus axillaris''
- Rufous-winged Antwren , ''Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus''
- Dot-winged Antwren , ''Microrhopias quixensis''
- Parana Antwren , ''Stymphalornis acutirostris''
- Narrow-billed Antwren , ''Formicivora iheringi''
- White-fringed Antwren , ''Formicivora grisea''
- Black-bellied Antwren , ''Formicivora melanogaster''
- Serra Antwren , ''Formicivora serrana''
- Restinga Antwren , ''Formicivora littoralis''
- Black-hooded Antwren , ''Formicivora erythronotos''
- Rusty-backed Antwren , ''Formicivora rufa''
- Ferruginous Antbird , ''Drymophila ferruginea''
- Bertoni's Antbird , ''Drymophila rubricollis''
- Rufous-tailed Antbird , ''Drymophila genei''
- Ochre-rumped Antbird , ''Drymophila ochropyga''
- Striated Antbird , ''Drymophila devillei''
- Dusky-tailed Antbird , ''Drymophila malura''
- Long-tailed Antbird , ''Drymophila caudata''
- Scaled Antbird , ''Drymophila squamata''
- Streak-capped Antwren , ''Terenura maculata''
- Orange-bellied Antwren , ''Terenura sicki''
- Rufous-rumped Antwren , ''Terenura callinota''
- Chestnut-shouldered Antwren , ''Terenura humeralis''
- Yellow-rumped Antwren , ''Terenura sharpei''
- Ash-winged Antwren , ''Terenura spodioptila''
- Gray Antbird , ''Cercomacra cinerascens''
- Rio De Janeiro Antbird , ''Cercomacra brasiliana''
- Dusky Antbird , ''Cercomacra tyrannina''
- Willis' Antbird , ''Cercomacra laeta''
- Parker's Antbird , ''Cercomacra parkeri''
- Blackish Antbird , ''Cercomacra nigrescens''
- Bananal Antbird , ''Cercomacra ferdinandi''
- Black Antbird , ''Cercomacra serva''
- Jet Antbird , ''Cercomacra nigricans''
- Rio Branco Antbird , ''Cercomacra carbonaria''
- Mato Grosso Antbird , ''Cercomacra melanaria''
- Manu Antbird , ''Cercomacra manu''
- White-backed Fire-eye , ''Pyriglena leuconota''
- White-shouldered Fire-eye , ''Pyriglena leucoptera''
- Fringe-backed Fire-eye , ''Pyriglena atra''
- Slender Antbird , ''Rhopornis ardesiaca''
- White-browed Antbird , ''Myrmoborus leucophrys''
- Ash-breasted Antbird , ''Myrmoborus lugubris''
- Black-faced Antbird , ''Myrmoborus myotherinus''
- Black-tailed Antbird , ''Myrmoborus melanurus''
- Warbling Antbird , ''Hypocnemis cantator''
- Yellow-browed Antbird , ''Hypocnemis hypoxantha''
- Black-chinned Antbird , ''Hypocnemoides melanopogon''
- Band-tailed Antbird , ''Hypocnemoides maculicauda''
- Black-and-white Antbird , ''Myrmochanes hemileucus''
- Bare-crowned Antbird , ''Gymnocichla nudiceps''
- Silvered Antbird ''Sclateria naevia''
- Black-headed Antbird , ''Percnostola rufifrons''
- Slate-colored Antbird , ''Percnostola schistacea''
- Spot-winged Antbird , ''Percnostola leucostigma''
- Caura Antbird , ''Percnostola caurensis''
- White-lined Antbird , ''Percnostola lophotes''
- Stub-tailed Antbird , ''Myrmeciza berlepschi''
- White-bellied Antbird , ''Myrmeciza longipes''
- Chestnut-backed Antbird , ''Myrmeciza exsul''
- Ferruginous-backed Antbird , ''Myrmeciza ferruginea''
- Scalloped Antbird , ''Myrmeciza ruficauda''
- White-bibbed Antbird , ''Myrmeciza loricata''
- Squamate Antbird , ''Myrmeciza squamosa''
- Dull-mantled Antbird , ''Myrmeciza laemosticta''
- Esmeraldas Antbird , ''Myrmeciza nigricauda''
- Yapacana Antbird , ''Myrmeciza disjuncta''
- Gray-bellied Antbird , ''Myrmeciza pelzelni''
- Chestnut-tailed Antbird , ''Myrmeciza hemimelaena''
- Plumbeous Antbird , ''Myrmeciza hyperythra''
- White-shouldered Antbird , ''Myrmeciza melanoceps''
- Goeldi's Antbird , ''Myrmeciza goeldii''
- Sooty Antbird , ''Myrmeciza fortis''
- Immaculate Antbird , ''Myrmeciza immaculata''
- Gray-headed Antbird , ''Myrmeciza griseiceps''
- Black-throated Antbird , ''Myrmeciza atrothorax''
- White-plumed Antbird , ''Pithys albifrons''
- White-masked Antbird , ''Pithys castanea''
- Rufous-throated Antbird , ''Gymnopithys rufigula''
- Bicolored Antbird , ''Gymnopithys leucaspis''
- Lunulated Antbird , ''Gymnopithys lunulata''
- White-throated Antbird , ''Gymnopithys salvini''
- Wing-banded Antbird , ''Myrmornis torquata''
- Hairy-crested Antbird , ''Rhegmatorhina melanosticta''
- Chestnut-crested Antbird , ''Rhegmatorhina cristata''
- White-breasted Antbird , ''Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi''
- Harlequin Antbird , ''Rhegmatorhina berlepschi''
- Bare-eyed Antbird , ''Rhegmatorhina gymnops''
- Spotted Antbird , ''Hylophylax naevioides''
- Spot-backed Antbird , ''Hylophylax naevia''
- Dot-backed Antbird , ''Hylophylax punctulata''
- Scale-backed Antbird , ''Hylophylax poecilinota''
- Black-spotted Bare-eye , ''Phlegopsis nigromaculata''
- Reddish-winged Bare-eye , ''Phlegopsis erythroptera''
- Pale-faced Antbird , ''Skutchia borbae''
- Ocellated Antbird , ''Phaenostictus mcleannani''
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