Genus Sakesphorus

 

Collared Antshrike - The Collared Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It has recently been proposed that it more properly belongs to the genus Thamnophilus .

 

Black-crested Antshrike - This is a bird of undergrowth in mangrove or other swampy forest and thickets near water. It is usually found as territorial pairs. The female lays two purple-lined white eggs in a deep cup nest suspended below a branch or vine. They are incubated by both sexes for 14 days to hatching, the female always brooding at night. The chicks fledge in another 12 days.

 

Glossy Antshrike - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

 

Black-backed Antshrike - The Black-backed Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It has recently been proposed that it more properly belongs to the genus Thamnophilus .

 

Band-tailed Antshrike - The Band-tailed Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in the eastern Guianas of Suriname and French Guiana mostly; also Brazil, Guyana, and Atlantic regions of the Amazon Basin, and some local regions upstream on the Amazon. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps. It has recently been proposed that it more properly belongs to the genus Thamnophilus .

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Thamnophilidae
Genus : Sakesphorus