Cocha Antshrike

Thamnophilus praecox

Near Threatened

The Cocha Antshrike is an antshrike of humid forests in Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. A robust antbird with a stout, hooked bill, it gleans insects and other small prey from foliage and vine tangles in the forest understorey. Classified as Near Threatened, it is threatened mainly by the clearing and fragmentation of its forest habitat. Fun fact: Antshrikes are named for their shrike-like hooked bills, used to grab and subdue insect prey.

Family
Thamnophilidae
Range
Cocha Antshrike Range — Humid forests of Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia
Population
≈ Not quantified (declining)
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