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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 Nacional Chaco

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: 645753
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/15/2025
Gaston Lisandro Gabinetti
Foto
Photography ID: 645173
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/16/2025
Peter Vidana
Foto
Photography ID: 638105
 
Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
06/28/2024
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 597171
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/29/2024
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 595596
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/09/2024
Walter Bustamante
Foto
Photography ID: 544427
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
07/23/2023
Guillermo Marcaida
Foto
Photography ID: 539354
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
05/25/2017
Jose Luis Fernandez Guaraz
Foto
Photography ID: 512619
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
09/27/2022
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 512618
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
09/27/2022
Gustavo Daniel González
Foto
Photography ID: 508573
 
Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
08/01/2022
Elsa Longo
Foto
Photography ID: 447845
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
06/01/2021
Mauro Méndez Renedo
Foto
Photography ID: 368904
  Adult

Parque Nacional Chaco
Chaco
Argentina
11/14/2019
Silvio Lamothe



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
232760216/07/2025ArgentinaChacoCamping, Parque Nacional ChacoPeter Vidana
232923215/07/2025ArgentinaChacoCamping, Parque Nacional ChacoGaston Lisandro Gabinetti
216242927/09/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoHernán Tolosa
213771529/07/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoElsa Longo
213621429/07/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional Chaco2Guillermo Marcaida
213064009/07/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoWalter Bustamante
229842028/06/2024ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional Chaco, Parque Nacional ChacoGustavo Marasco
191722421/09/2023ArgentinaChacoSendero peatonal del rio Negro, Parque Nacional Chaco1Guillermo Marcaida
191155621/09/2023ArgentinaChacoSendero peatonal del rio Negro, Parque Nacional Chaco1Elsa Longo
181048623/07/2023ArgentinaChacoParque Nacional ChacoGuillermo Marcaida
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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.