Marañon Antshrike

Thamnophilus shumbae

Vulnerable

The Marañon Antshrike is an antshrike of humid forests in Peru. 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 Vulnerable, 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

Group

Typical Antbirds

Range

Marañon Antshrike Range — Forests of the arid Maranon valley of Peru and southern Ecuador

Population

≈ Not quantified (declining)

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