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Variable Antshrike

Thamnophilus caerulescens
Vieillot, LJP, 1816
Choca Común
Choca-da-mata

Family: Thamnophilidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Parque Provincial Chancaní

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description: Dark gray back, light gray ventral side, black crown, black tail with white tips, black wings with two white stripes. The female has a chestnut crown and cinnamon ventral side. We have observed females without stripes (Photograph ID 7613).

Geographic Distribution within Argentina: Northern part of the country to San Luis and Buenos Aires.

Habitat: Forests and woodlands.

Diet: Arthropods and invertebrates.

Author of this description: Jorge La Grotteria

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 554287
  Adult

Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
10/15/2023
Silvio Lamothe
Foto
Photography ID: 519898
  Adult

Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
07/13/2021
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 489084
  Adult

Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
03/26/2022
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 477187
  Adult

Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
07/13/2021
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 320216
  Adult

Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
03/03/2019
Jorge Schlemmer
Foto
Photography ID: 147121
  Adult

Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
04/17/2016
Tomas Aguirre Valles
Foto
Photography ID: 44938
  Adult

Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
03/02/2014
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 14330
  Adult

Parque Provincial Chancaní
Córdoba
Argentina
07/08/2012
Nicolas Olejnik



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
195714209/01/2024ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial Chancaní1Dario Juan Wendeler
194350409/01/2024ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial Chancaní1Andres Espindola
190551015/10/2023ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníSilvio Lamothe
156771226/03/2022ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníEduardo Cusano
169794313/07/2021ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníWalter Bustamante
152414713/07/2021ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníWalter Bustamante
113952009/11/2019ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníWalter Liriel Gómez Umpierrez
95876223/07/2019ArgentinaCórdobaBase de campamento y senderos, Parque Provincial ChancaníFernando Alberto Segura
91477319/04/2019ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníGonzalo Diaz
91365219/04/2019ArgentinaCórdobaParque Provincial ChancaníMaria Belén Dri
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Bibliography related


Artículo De la Peña, M. R. 1999. Aves Argentinas, Lista y Distribución. 244 págs. LOLA. Buenos Aires.

Artículo Lucero, F. y J. C. Chebez. 2011. Nuevas citas y ampliación de la distribución de algunas aves en las provincias de San Juan, Mendoza y La Rioja. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 71. Fundación Félix de Azara.

Artículo Narosky, T. y D. Yzurieta. 2010. Aves de Argentina y Uruguay – Birds of Argentina & Uruguay: Guía de Identificación Edición Total – A Field Guide Total Edition. 16a ed. 427 págs. Vázquez Mazzini Editores. Buenos Aires. Argentina.

Artículo Narosky, T. Y M. Ruda Vega. 2009. Aves Argentinas, un vuelo por el mundo silvestre. 1a edición. Albatros. Buenos Aires.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Variable Antshrike (Thamnophilus caerulescens) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 13/03/2026.