White-shouldered Antshrike

Thamnophilus aethiops

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thamnophilidae
Genus
Thamnophilus
eBird Code
whsant2

Vocalizations

Mike Ostrowski · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (10)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops aethiops

    foothills of eastern Ecuador and northeastern Peru

  • Thamnophilus aethiops atriceps

    Brazil south of the Amazon River (Rio Tapajós to Rio Xingú)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops distans

    coastal northeastern Brazil (Pernambuco and Alagoas)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops incertus

    northeastern Brazil (Rio Tocantins to Maranhão)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops injunctus

    Brazil south of the Amazon River (Rio Madeira to Rio Purus)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops juruanus

    western Brazil (south of the Amazon River from Rio Juruá to Rio Purus)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops kapouni

    eastern and southeastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and western Brazil (Amazon River)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops polionotus

    southern and eastern Venezuela and northwestern Brazil (northern Roraima, and Rio Negro in upper drainage and on western bank of lower stretches southward to Amazon River)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops punctuliger

    central Brazil south of the Amazon River between Rio Madeira and Rio Tapajós (south to Rondônia and northwestern Mato Grosso), and far northeastern Bolivia (northeastern Santa Cruz)

  • Thamnophilus aethiops wetmorei

    foothills of southeastern Colombia (western Meta to eastern Cauca and western Putumayo)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.