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Barred Antshrike
Thamnophilus doliatus | Linnaeus, 1764

PHOTO: Property of Native / Embrapa

Characterization: Small species measuring about 16cm in length. The male is flashy and has barred black and white plumage, a yellow iris, a black head top, and a lighter belly. The female has a rufous-brown color, with lighter bottoms and darkish-brown striated head sides.

Distribution: From northern Argentina to São Paulo (Brazil), and from Mexico to Bolivia.

Habitat: Areas of new vegetation, secondary forests, wetland edges, and savannas.

Habits: a diurnal species, this bird moves around predominantly by jumping, either in the branches or on the ground.

Diet: Carnivorous, feeding on insects it catches in low vegetation and on the ground.

Breeding: The bird lays 2 eggs in an open-basket-shaped nest made out of fibers, rods, and musks and hanging on a horizontal fork.

In the UFRA area: This bird species was broadly distributed in the studied areas. It was spotted in the exotic woods, wetlands with herbaceous plants, wetlands with riparian forests, in restored native forests, in mixed forests in regeneration, native forests, in drainage ditches, and in fields in spontaneous regeneration. It is considered quite frequent, as it was spotted 89 times