Variable Antshrike

Taxonomy

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Thamnophilidae

Genus

Thamnophilus

eBird Code

varant1

Vocalizations

Subspecies (8)

• Thamnophilus caerulescens aspersiventer

  southeastern Peru (Puno) to west-central Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)

• Thamnophilus caerulescens caerulescens

  southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais) to southeastern Paraguay and northeastern Argentina

• Thamnophilus caerulescens cearensis

  northeastern Brazil (Ceará, Pernambuco, and Alagoas)

• Thamnophilus caerulescens dinellii

  central and southern Bolivia to northwestern Argentina

• Thamnophilus caerulescens gilvigaster

  far southeastern Brazil to Uruguay and northeastern Argentina

• Thamnophilus caerulescens melanchrous

  east slope of Andes of Peru (Amazonas south of Río Marañón to northern Puno)

• Thamnophilus caerulescens ochraceiventer

  east-central Brazil (southern Tocantins, Goiás, Distrito Federal, and south-central Bahia)

• Thamnophilus caerulescens paraguayensis

  southeastern Bolivia, northern Paraguay, and southern Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)