Typical Antbirds

The antbirds are a large passerine bird family, Thamnophilidae, found across subtropical and tropical Central and South America, from Mexico to Argentina. There are more than 230 species, known variously as antshrikes, antwrens, antvireos, fire-eyes, bare-eyes and bushbirds. They are related to the antthrushes and antpittas (family Formicariidae), the tapaculos, the gnateaters and the ovenbirds.

Species in this family

• Goeldi's Antbird Akletos goeldii
• White-shouldered Antbird Akletos melanoceps
• Grey-bellied Antbird Ammonastes pelzelni
• Grey-headed Antbird Ampelornis griseiceps
• Yapacana Antbird Aprositornis disjuncta
• Giant Antshrike Batara cinerea
• White-bearded Antshrike Biatas nigropectus
• Rio de Janeiro Antbird Cercomacra brasiliana
• Rio Branco Antbird Cercomacra carbonaria
• Grey Antbird Cercomacra cinerascens
• Bananal Antbird Cercomacra ferdinandi
• Manu Antbird Cercomacra manu
• Mato Grosso Antbird Cercomacra melanaria
• Jet Antbird Cercomacra nigricans
• Riparian Antbird Cercomacroides fuscicauda
• Willis's Antbird Cercomacroides laeta
• Blackish Antbird Cercomacroides nigrescens
• Parker's Antbird Cercomacroides parkeri
• Black Antbird Cercomacroides serva
• Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
• Recurve-billed Bushbird Clytoctantes alixii
• Rondonia Bushbird Clytoctantes atrogularis
• Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
• Bamboo Antshrike Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae
• Banded Antbird Dichrozona cincta
• East Andean Antbird Drymophila caudata
• Striated Antbird Drymophila devillei
• Ferruginous Antbird Drymophila ferruginea
• Rufous-tailed Antbird Drymophila genei
• Santa Marta Antbird Drymophila hellmayri
• Klages's Antbird Drymophila klagesi
• Dusky-tailed Antbird Drymophila malura
• Ochre-rumped Antbird Drymophila ochropyga
• Bertoni's Antbird Drymophila rubricollis
• Scaled Antbird Drymophila squamata
• Streak-headed Antbird Drymophila striaticeps
• White-streaked Antvireo Dysithamnus leucostictus
• Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
• Bicoloured Antvireo Dysithamnus occidentalis
• Plumbeous Antvireo Dysithamnus plumbeus
• Spot-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus puncticeps
• Spot-breasted Antvireo Dysithamnus stictothorax
• Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps
• Rufous-backed Antvireo Dysithamnus xanthopterus
• Rio Madeira Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla amazonica
• Rufous-tailed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla erythrura
• Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
• Brown-bellied Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla gutturalis
• Rufous-backed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla haematonota
• White-eyed Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla leucophthalma
• Ornate Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla ornata
• Foothill Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla spodionota
• Rufous-rumped Antwren Euchrepomis callinota
• Chestnut-shouldered Antwren Euchrepomis humeralis
• Yellow-rumped Antwren Euchrepomis sharpei
• Ash-winged Antwren Euchrepomis spodioptila
• Marsh Antwren Formicivora acutirostris
• Black-hooded Antwren Formicivora erythronotos
• Sincora Antwren Formicivora grantsaui
• Southern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora grisea
• Narrow-billed Antwren Formicivora iheringi
• Northern White-fringed Antwren Formicivora intermedia
• Black-bellied Antwren Formicivora melanogaster
• Rusty-backed Antwren Formicivora rufa
• Serra Antwren Formicivora serrana
• Fulvous Antshrike Frederickena fulva
• Undulated Antshrike Frederickena unduliger
• Black-throated Antshrike Frederickena viridis
• Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
• Bicoloured Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
• White-cheeked Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
• Rufous-throated Antbird Gymnopithys rufigula
• Sooty Antbird Hafferia fortis
• Blue-lored Antbird Hafferia immaculata
• Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
• Black-capped Antwren Herpsilochmus atricapillus
• Yellow-breasted Antwren Herpsilochmus axillaris
• Spot-backed Antwren Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus
• Dugand's Antwren Herpsilochmus dugandi
• Rusty-winged Antwren Herpsilochmus frater
• Ancient Antwren Herpsilochmus gentryi
• Large-billed Antwren Herpsilochmus longirostris
• Creamy-bellied Antwren Herpsilochmus motacilloides
• Ash-throated Antwren Herpsilochmus parkeri
• Pectoral Antwren Herpsilochmus pectoralis
• Bahia Antwren Herpsilochmus pileatus
• Predicted Antwren Herpsilochmus praedictus
• Roraiman Antwren Herpsilochmus roraimae
• Rufous-margined Antwren Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus
• Todd's Antwren Herpsilochmus stictocephalus
• Spot-tailed Antwren Herpsilochmus sticturus
• Aripuana Antwren Herpsilochmus stotzi
• Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
• Spot-backed Antbird Hylophylax naevius
• Dot-backed Antbird Hylophylax punctulatus
• Guianan Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis cantator
• Imeri Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis flavescens
• Yellow-browed Antbird Hypocnemis hypoxantha
• Rondonia Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis ochrogyna
• Peruvian Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis peruviana
• Manicore Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis rondoni
• Spix's Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis striata
• Yellow-breasted Warbling-Antbird Hypocnemis subflava
• Band-tailed Antbird Hypocnemoides maculicauda
• Black-chinned Antbird Hypocnemoides melanopogon
• Spot-backed Antshrike Hypoedaleus guttatus
• Rufous-bellied Antwren Isleria guttata
• Plain-throated Antwren Isleria hauxwelli
• Large-tailed Antshrike Mackenziaena leachii
• Tufted Antshrike Mackenziaena severa
• Pearly Antshrike Megastictus margaritatus
• Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
• White-bellied Antbird Myrmeciza longipes
• Brownish-headed Antbird Myrmelastes brunneiceps
• Caura Antbird Myrmelastes caurensis
• Humaita Antbird Myrmelastes humaythae
• Plumbeous Antbird Myrmelastes hyperythrus
• Spot-winged Antbird Myrmelastes leucostigma
• Rufous-faced Antbird Myrmelastes rufifacies
• Roraiman Antbird Myrmelastes saturatus
• Slate-coloured Antbird Myrmelastes schistaceus
• White-browed Antbird Myrmoborus leucophrys
• White-lined Antbird Myrmoborus lophotes
• Ash-breasted Antbird Myrmoborus lugubris
• Black-tailed Antbird Myrmoborus melanurus
• Black-faced Antbird Myrmoborus myotherinus
• Black-and-white Antbird Myrmochanes hemileucus
• Cordillera Azul Antbird Myrmoderus eowilsoni
• Ferruginous-backed Antbird Myrmoderus ferrugineus
• White-bibbed Antbird Myrmoderus loricatus
• Scalloped Antbird Myrmoderus ruficauda
• Squamate Antbird Myrmoderus squamosus
• Black-throated Antbird Myrmophylax atrothorax
• Stripe-backed Antbird Myrmorchilus strigilatus
• Wing-banded Antbird Myrmornis torquata
• Leaden Antwren Myrmotherula assimilis
• White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
• Plain-winged Antwren Myrmotherula behni
• Pygmy Antwren Myrmotherula brachyura
• Cherrie's Antwren Myrmotherula cherriei
• Ashy Antwren Myrmotherula grisea
• Moustached Antwren Myrmotherula ignota
• Ihering's Antwren Myrmotherula iheringi
• Klages's Antwren Myrmotherula klagesi
• Stripe-chested Antwren Myrmotherula longicauda
• Long-winged Antwren Myrmotherula longipennis
• Grey Antwren Myrmotherula menetriesii
• Salvadori's Antwren Myrmotherula minor
• Amazonian Streaked-Antwren Myrmotherula multostriata
• Pacific Antwren Myrmotherula pacifica
• Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
• Sclater's Antwren Myrmotherula sclateri
• Alagoas Antwren Myrmotherula snowi
• Guianan Streaked-Antwren Myrmotherula surinamensis
• Unicoloured Antwren Myrmotherula unicolor
• Band-tailed Antwren Myrmotherula urosticta
• Black Bushbird Neoctantes niger
• Lunulated Antbird Oneillornis lunulatus
• White-throated Antbird Oneillornis salvini
• Allpahuayo Antbird Percnostola arenarum
• Black-headed Antbird Percnostola rufifrons
• Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
• Reddish-winged Bare-eye Phlegopsis erythroptera
• Black-spotted Bare-eye Phlegopsis nigromaculata
• White-plumed Antbird Pithys albifrons
• Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
• Spot-winged Antshrike Pygiptila stellaris
• Fringe-backed Fire-eye Pyriglena atra
• East Amazonian Fire-eye Pyriglena leuconota
• White-shouldered Fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera
• Western Fire-eye Pyriglena maura
• Tapajos Fire-eye Pyriglena similis
• Caatinga Antwren Radinopsyche sellowi
• Harlequin Antbird Rhegmatorhina berlepschi
• Chestnut-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina cristata
• Bare-eyed Antbird Rhegmatorhina gymnops
• White-breasted Antbird Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi
• Hairy-crested Antbird Rhegmatorhina melanosticta
• Star-throated Antwren Rhopias gularis
• Slender Antbird Rhopornis ardesiacus
• Silvery-cheeked Antshrike Sakesphoroides cristatus
• Black-crested Antshrike Sakesphorus canadensis
• Glossy Antshrike Sakesphorus luctuosus
• Zimmer's Antbird Sciaphylax castanea
• Chestnut-tailed Antbird Sciaphylax hemimelaena
• Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia
• Stub-tailed Antbird Sipia berlepschi
• Dull-mantled Antbird Sipia laemosticta
• Esmeraldas Antbird Sipia nigricauda
• Magdalena Antbird Sipia palliata
• Great Antshrike Taraba major
• Streak-capped Antwren Terenura maculata
• Orange-bellied Antwren Terenura sicki
• Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
• Rufescent Antshrike Thamnistes rufescens
• Dusky-throated Antshrike Thamnomanes ardesiacus
• Cinereous Antshrike Thamnomanes caesius
• Saturnine Antshrike Thamnomanes saturninus
• Bluish-slate Antshrike Thamnomanes schistogynus
• White-shouldered Antshrike Thamnophilus aethiops
• Amazonian Antshrike Thamnophilus amazonicus
• Sooretama Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus ambiguus
• Upland Antshrike Thamnophilus aroyae
• Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
• Collared Antshrike Thamnophilus bernardi
• Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi
• Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens
• Castelnau's Antshrike Thamnophilus cryptoleucus
• Acre Antshrike Thamnophilus divisorius
• Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
• Streak-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus insignis
• Black-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus melanonotus
• Band-tailed Antshrike Thamnophilus melanothorax
• Bar-crested Antshrike Thamnophilus multistriatus
• Mouse-coloured Antshrike Thamnophilus murinus
• Black Antshrike Thamnophilus nigriceps
• Blackish-grey Antshrike Thamnophilus nigrocinereus
• Chestnut-backed Antshrike Thamnophilus palliatus
• Planalto Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus pelzelni
• Cocha Antshrike Thamnophilus praecox
• Northern Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus punctatus
• Rufous-capped Antshrike Thamnophilus ruficapillus
• Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus
• Natterer's Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus stictocephalus
• Bolivian Slaty-Antshrike Thamnophilus sticturus
• Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus
• Rufous-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus torquatus
• Uniform Antshrike Thamnophilus unicolor
• Chapman's Antshrike Thamnophilus zarumae
• Common Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis poecilinotus
• Xingu Scale-backed Antbird Willisornis vidua
• Spiny-faced Antshrike Xenornis setifrons

Lookalikes compared

• Amazonian Antshrike vs Recurve-billed Bushbird
• Ash-winged Antwren vs Fulvous Antshrike
• Barred Antshrike vs Plain Antvireo
• Bertoni's Antbird vs Streak-capped Antwren
• Black-crowned Antshrike vs Black-hooded Antshrike
• Black-crowned Antshrike vs Russet Antshrike
• Black-crowned Antshrike vs Slaty Antwren
• Black-crowned Antshrike vs Zeledon's Antbird
• Black-faced Antbird vs Silvered Antbird
• Black-hooded Antshrike vs Plain Antvireo
• Bluish-slate Antshrike vs Black Antbird
• Checker-throated Stipplethroat vs Dot-winged Antwren
• Dot-winged Antwren vs Mato Grosso Antbird
• Dusky Antbird vs Bicoloured Antbird
• Glossy Antshrike vs White-shouldered Fire-eye
• Plain Antvireo vs Slaty Antwren
• Rufous-capped Antshrike vs Rufous-winged Antshrike
• Rufous-winged Antshrike vs Variable Antshrike
• Rusty-backed Antwren vs Marsh Antwren
• Slaty Antwren vs Dusky Antbird
• Streak-crowned Antvireo vs Dusky Antbird
• Todd's Antwren vs Ancient Antwren
• Uniform Antshrike vs Black-throated Antbird
• White-cheeked Antbird vs Rufous-throated Antbird