The avian family Thamnophilidae is usually called the typical antbirds . The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 238 species distributed among 63 genera in the family, 24 of which have only one species. [1] Confusingly, only 96 of the species are called "antbirds"; the others are variously named antwren, antshrike, antvireo, bushbird, bare-eye, fire-eye, and stipplethroat.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
| Common name | Binomial name + authority | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Rufous-rumped antwren | Euchrepomis callinota(Sclater, PL, 1855) | 1 |
| Chestnut-shouldered antwren | Euchrepomis humeralis(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) | 2 |
| Yellow-rumped antwren | Euchrepomis sharpei(Berlepsch, 1901) | 3 |
| Ash-winged antwren | Euchrepomis spodioptila(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1881) | 4 |
| Wing-banded antbird | Myrmornis torquata(Boddaert, 1783) | 5 |
| Spot-winged antshrike | Pygiptila stellaris(Spix, 1825) | 6 |
| Russet antshrike | Thamnistes anabatinus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1860 | 7 |
| Rufescent antshrike | Thamnistes rufescens Cabanis, 1873 | 8 |
| Dot-winged antwren | Microrhopias quixensis(Cornalia, 1849) | 9 |
| Black bushbird | Neoctantes niger(Pelzeln, 1859) | 10 |
| Recurve-billed bushbird | Clytoctantes alixii Elliot, DG, 1870 | 11 |
| Rondonia bushbird | Clytoctantes atrogularis Lanyon, S, Stotz & Willard, 1991 | 12 |
| Checker-throated stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla fulviventris(Lawrence, 1862) | 13 |
| Brown-bellied stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla gutturalis(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1881) | 14 |
| White-eyed stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla leucophthalma(Pelzeln, 1868) | 15 |
| Rufous-backed stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla haematonota(Sclater, PL, 1857) | 16 |
| Rio Madeira stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla amazonica(Ihering, HFA, 1905) | 17 |
| Foothill stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla spodionota(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) | 18 |
| Ornate stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla ornata(Sclater, PL, 1853) | 19 |
| Rufous-tailed stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla erythrura(Sclater, PL, 1890) | 20 |
| Stripe-backed antbird | Myrmorchilus strigilatus(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 21 |
| Yapacana antbird | Aprositornis disjuncta(Friedmann, 1945) | 22 |
| Grey-bellied antbird | Ammonastes pelzelni(Sclater, PL, 1890) | 23 |
| Black-throated antbird | Myrmophylax atrothorax(Boddaert, 1783) | 24 |
| Moustached antwren | Myrmotherula ignota Griscom, 1929 | 25 |
| Pygmy antwren | Myrmotherula brachyura(Hermann, 1783) | 26 |
| Guianan streaked antwren | Myrmotherula surinamensis(Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 27 |
| Amazonian streaked antwren | Myrmotherula multostriata Sclater, PL, 1858 | 28 |
| Pacific antwren | Myrmotherula pacifica Hellmayr, 1911 | 29 |
| Cherrie's antwren | Myrmotherula cherriei Berlepsch & Hartert, EJO, 1902 | 30 |
| Klages's antwren | Myrmotherula klagesi Todd, 1927 | 31 |
| Stripe-chested antwren | Myrmotherula longicauda Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894 | 32 |
| Yellow-throated antwren | Myrmotherula ambigua Zimmer, JT, 1932 | 33 |
| Sclater's antwren | Myrmotherula sclateri Snethlage, E, 1912 | 34 |
| White-flanked antwren | Myrmotherula axillaris(Vieillot, 1817) | 35 |
| Silvery-flanked antwren | Myrmotherula luctuosa Pelzeln, 1868 | 36 |
| Slaty antwren | Myrmotherula schisticolor(Lawrence, 1865) | 37 |
| Rio Suno antwren | Myrmotherula sunensis Chapman, 1925 | 38 |
| Salvadori's antwren | Myrmotherula minor Salvadori, 1864 | 39 |
| Long-winged antwren | Myrmotherula longipennis Pelzeln, 1868 | 40 |
| Band-tailed antwren | Myrmotherula urosticta(Sclater, PL, 1857) | 41 |
| Ihering's antwren | Myrmotherula iheringi Snethlage, E, 1914 | 42 |
| Rio de Janeiro antwren | Myrmotherula fluminensis Gonzaga, 1988 | 43 |
| Yungas antwren | Myrmotherula grisea Carriker, 1935 | 44 |
| Unicolored antwren | Myrmotherula unicolor(Ménétriés, 1835) | 45 |
| Alagoas antwren | Myrmotherula snowi Teixeira & Gonzaga, 1985 | 46 |
| Plain-winged antwren | Myrmotherula behni Berlepsch & Leverkühn, 1890 | 47 |
| Grey antwren | Myrmotherula menetriesii(d'Orbigny, 1837) | 48 |
| Leaden antwren | Myrmotherula assimilis Pelzeln, 1868 | 49 |
| Streak-capped antwren | Terenura maculata(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 50 |
| Orange-bellied antwren | Terenura sicki Teixeira & Gonzaga, 1983 | 51 |
| Black-and-white antbird | Myrmochanes hemileucus(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866) | 52 |
| Narrow-billed antwren | Formicivora iheringi Hellmayr, 1909 | 53 |
| Black-hooded antwren | Formicivora erythronotos Hartlaub, 1852 | 54 |
| Southern white-fringed antwren | Formicivora grisea(Boddaert, 1783) | 55 |
| Northern white-fringed antwren | Formicivora intermedia Cabanis, 1847 | 56 |
| Serra antwren | Formicivora serrana(Hellmayr, 1929) | 57 |
| Black-bellied antwren | Formicivora melanogaster Pelzeln, 1868 | 58 |
| Rusty-backed antwren | Formicivora rufa(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 59 |
| Sincora antwren | Formicivora grantsauiGonzaga, Carvalhaes & Buzzetti, 2007 | 60 |
| Marsh antwren | Formicivora acutirostris(Bornschein, Reinert & Teixeira, 1995) | 61 |
| Banded antbird | Dichrozona cincta(Pelzeln, 1868) | 62 |
| Star-throated antwren | Rhopias gularis(Spix, 1825) | 63 |
| Plain-throated antwren | Isleria hauxwelli(Sclater, PL, 1857) | 64 |
| Rufous-bellied antwren | Isleria guttata(Vieillot, 1824) | 65 |
| Dusky-throated antshrike | Thamnomanes ardesiacus(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) | 66 |
| Saturnine antshrike | Thamnomanes saturninus(Pelzeln, 1868) | 67 |
| Cinereous antshrike | Thamnomanes caesius(Temminck, 1820) | 68 |
| Bluish-slate antshrike | Thamnomanes schistogynus Hellmayr, 1911 | 69 |
| Pearly antshrike | Megastictus margaritatus(Sclater, PL, 1855) | 70 |
| Silvery-cheeked antshrike | Sakesphoroides cristatus(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 71 |
| Bahia antwren | Herpsilochmus pileatus(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 72 |
| Black-capped antwren | Herpsilochmus atricapillus Pelzeln, 1868 | 73 |
| Aripuana antwren | Herpsilochmus stotziWhitney, Cohn-Haft, Bravo, Schunck & Silveira, 2013 | 74 |
| Predicted antwren | Herpsilochmus praedictusCohn-Haft & Bravo, 2013 | 75 |
| Creamy-bellied antwren | Herpsilochmus motacilloides Taczanowski, 1874 | 76 |
| Ash-throated antwren | Herpsilochmus parkeri Davis, TJ & O'Neill, 1986 | 77 |
| Spot-tailed antwren | Herpsilochmus sticturus Salvin, 1885 | 78 |
| Dugand's antwren | Herpsilochmus dugandi Meyer de Schauensee, 1945 | 79 |
| Todd's antwren | Herpsilochmus stictocephalus Todd, 1927 | 80 |
| Spot-backed antwren | Herpsilochmus dorsimaculatus Pelzeln, 1868 | 81 |
| Roraiman antwren | Herpsilochmus roraimae Hellmayr, 1903 | 82 |
| Pectoral antwren | Herpsilochmus pectoralis Sclater, PL, 1857 | 83 |
| Large-billed antwren | Herpsilochmus longirostris Pelzeln, 1868 | 84 |
| Ancient antwren | Herpsilochmus gentryi Whitney & Álvarez A, J, 1998 | 85 |
| Yellow-breasted antwren | Herpsilochmus axillaris(Tschudi, 1844) | 86 |
| Rusty-winged antwren | Herpsilochmus frater Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880 | 87 |
| Rufous-margined antwren | Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus(Temminck, 1822) | 88 |
| Spot-breasted antvireo | Dysithamnus stictothorax(Temminck, 1823) | 89 |
| Plain antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis(Temminck, 1823) | 90 |
| Streak-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus striaticeps Lawrence, 1865 | 91 |
| Spot-crowned antvireo | Dysithamnus puncticeps Salvin, 1866 | 92 |
| Rufous-backed antvireo | Dysithamnus xanthopterus Burmeister, 1856 | 93 |
| Bicolored antvireo | Dysithamnus occidentalis(Chapman, 1923) | 94 |
| Plumbeous antvireo | Dysithamnus plumbeus(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 95 |
| White-streaked antvireo | Dysithamnus leucostictus Sclater, PL, 1858 | 96 |
| Collared antshrike | Thamnophilus bernardi Lesson, RP, 1844 | 97 |
| Black-backed antshrike | Thamnophilus melanonotus Sclater, PL, 1855 | 98 |
| Band-tailed antshrike | Thamnophilus melanothorax Sclater, PL, 1857 | 99 |
| Barred antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus(Linnaeus, 1764) | 100 |
| Chapman's antshrike | Thamnophilus zarumae Chapman, 1921 | 101 |
| Bar-crested antshrike | Thamnophilus multistriatus Lafresnaye, 1844 | 102 |
| Lined antshrike | Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus Lafresnaye, 1853 | 103 |
| Chestnut-backed antshrike | Thamnophilus palliatus(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 104 |
| Black-hooded antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi Sclater, PL, 1856 | 105 |
| Black antshrike | Thamnophilus nigriceps Sclater, PL, 1869 | 106 |
| Cocha antshrike | Thamnophilus praecox Zimmer, JT, 1937 | 107 |
| Blackish-grey antshrike | Thamnophilus nigrocinereus Sclater, PL, 1855 | 108 |
| Castelnau's antshrike | Thamnophilus cryptoleucus(Ménégaux & Hellmayr, 1906) | 109 |
| White-shouldered antshrike | Thamnophilus aethiops Sclater, PL, 1858 | 110 |
| Uniform antshrike | Thamnophilus unicolor(Sclater, PL, 1859) | 111 |
| Plain-winged antshrike | Thamnophilus schistaceus d'Orbigny, 1837 | 112 |
| Mouse-colored antshrike | Thamnophilus murinus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868 | 113 |
| Upland antshrike | Thamnophilus aroyae(Hellmayr, 1904) | 114 |
| Black-crowned antshrike | Thamnophilus atrinucha Salvin & Godman, 1892 | 115 |
| Northern slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus punctatus(Shaw, 1809) | 116 |
| Natterer's slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus stictocephalus Pelzeln, 1868 | 117 |
| Bolivian slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus sticturus Pelzeln, 1868 | 118 |
| Planalto slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus pelzelni Hellmayr, 1924 | 119 |
| Sooretama slaty antshrike | Thamnophilus ambiguus Swainson, 1825 | 120 |
| Amazonian antshrike | Thamnophilus amazonicus Sclater, PL, 1858 | 121 |
| Acre antshrike | Thamnophilus divisoriusWhitney, Oren & Brumfield, 2004 | 122 |
| Streak-backed antshrike | Thamnophilus insignis Salvin & Godman, 1884 | 123 |
| Variable antshrike | Thamnophilus caerulescens Vieillot, 1816 | 124 |
| Rufous-winged antshrike | Thamnophilus torquatus Swainson, 1825 | 125 |
| Rufous-capped antshrike | Thamnophilus ruficapillus Vieillot, 1816 | 126 |
| Black-crested antshrike | Sakesphorus canadensis(Linnaeus, 1766) | 127 |
| Glossy antshrike | Sakesphorus luctuosus(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 128 |
| Caatinga antwren | Radinopsyche sellowi(Whitney & Pacheco, 2000) | 129 |
| White-bearded antshrike | Biatas nigropectus(Lafresnaye, 1850) | 130 |
| Fasciated antshrike | Cymbilaimus lineatus(Leach, 1814) | 131 |
| Bamboo antshrike | Cymbilaimus sanctaemariae Gyldenstolpe, 1941 | 132 |
| Great antshrike | Taraba major(Vieillot, 1816) | 133 |
| Large-tailed antshrike | Mackenziaena leachii(Such, 1825) | 134 |
| Tufted antshrike | Mackenziaena severa(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 135 |
| Black-throated antshrike | Frederickena viridis(Vieillot, 1816) | 136 |
| Undulated antshrike | Frederickena unduliger(Pelzeln, 1868) | 137 |
| Fulvous antshrike | Frederickena fulva Zimmer, JT, 1944 | 138 |
| Spot-backed antshrike | Hypoedaleus guttatus(Vieillot, 1816) | 139 |
| Giant antshrike | Batara cinerea(Vieillot, 1819) | 140 |
| Speckled antshrike | Xenornis setifrons Chapman, 1924 | 141 |
| White-plumed antbird | Pithys albifrons(Linnaeus, 1766) | 142 |
| White-masked antbird | Pithys castaneus Berlioz, 1938 | 143 |
| Ocellated antbird | Phaenostictus mcleannani(Lawrence, 1860) | 144 |
| Bicolored antbird | Gymnopithys bicolor(Lawrence, 1863) | 145 |
| White-cheeked antbird | Gymnopithys leucaspis(Sclater, PL, 1855) | 146 |
| Rufous-throated antbird | Gymnopithys rufigula(Boddaert, 1783) | 147 |
| White-throated antbird | Oneillornis salvini(Berlepsch, 1901) | 148 |
| Lunulated antbird | Oneillornis lunulatus(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873) | 149 |
| Bare-eyed antbird | Rhegmatorhina gymnops Ridgway, 1888 | 150 |
| Harlequin antbird | Rhegmatorhina berlepschi(Snethlage, E, 1907) | 151 |
| White-breasted antbird | Rhegmatorhina hoffmannsi(Hellmayr, 1907) | 152 |
| Chestnut-crested antbird | Rhegmatorhina cristata(Pelzeln, 1868) | 153 |
| Hairy-crested antbird | Rhegmatorhina melanosticta(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1880) | 154 |
| Black-spotted bare-eye | Phlegopsis nigromaculata(d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) | 155 |
| Reddish-winged bare-eye | Phlegopsis erythroptera(Gould, 1855) | 156 |
| Pale-faced bare-eye | Phlegopsis borbae Hellmayr, 1907 | 157 |
| Common scale-backed antbird | Willisornis poecilinotus(Cabanis, 1847) | 158 |
| Xingu scale-backed antbird | Willisornis vidua(Hellmayr, 1905) | 159 |
| Ferruginous antbird | Drymophila ferruginea(Temminck, 1822) | 160 |
| Bertoni's antbird | Drymophila rubricollis(Bertoni, AW, 1901) | 161 |
| Rufous-tailed antbird | Drymophila genei(de Filippi, 1847) | 162 |
| Ochre-rumped antbird | Drymophila ochropyga(Hellmayr, 1906) | 163 |
| Dusky-tailed antbird | Drymophila malura(Temminck, 1825) | 164 |
| Scaled antbird | Drymophila squamata(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 165 |
| Striated antbird | Drymophila devillei(Ménégaux & Hellmayr, 1906) | 166 |
| Santa Marta antbird | Drymophila hellmayri Todd, 1915 | 167 |
| Klages's antbird | Drymophila klagesi Hellmayr & Seilern, 1912 | 168 |
| East Andean antbird | Drymophila caudata(Sclater, PL, 1855) | 169 |
| Streak-headed antbird | Drymophila striaticeps Chapman, 1912 | 170 |
| Guianan warbling antbird | Hypocnemis cantator(Boddaert, 1783) | 171 |
| Imeri warbling antbird | Hypocnemis flavescens Sclater, PL, 1865 | 172 |
| Peruvian warbling antbird | Hypocnemis peruviana Taczanowski, 1884 | 173 |
| Yellow-breasted warbling antbird | Hypocnemis subflava Cabanis, 1873 | 174 |
| Rondonia warbling antbird | Hypocnemis ochrogyna Zimmer, JT, 1932 | 175 |
| Spix's warbling antbird | Hypocnemis striata(Spix, 1825) | 176 |
| Manicore warbling antbird | Hypocnemis rondoniWhitney, Isler, ML, Bravo, Aristizábal, Schunck, Silveira, Piacentini, Cohn-Haft & Rêgo, MA, 2013 | 177 |
| Yellow-browed antbird | Hypocnemis hypoxantha Sclater, PL, 1869 | 178 |
| Southern chestnut-tailed antbird | Sciaphylax hemimelaena(Sclater, PL, 1857) | 179 |
| Northern chestnut-tailed antbird | Sciaphylax castanea(Zimmer, JT, 1932) | 180 |
| Willis's antbird | Cercomacroides laeta(Todd, 1920) | 181 |
| Parker's antbird | Cercomacroides parkeri(Graves, GR, 1997) | 182 |
| Blackish antbird | Cercomacroides nigrescens(Cabanis & Heine, 1860) | 183 |
| Riparian antbird | Cercomacroides fuscicauda(Zimmer, JT, 1931) | 184 |
| Dusky antbird | Cercomacroides tyrannina(Sclater, PL, 1855) | 185 |
| Black antbird | Cercomacroides serva(Sclater, PL, 1858) | 186 |
| Manu antbird | Cercomacra manu Fitzpatrick & Willard, 1990 | 187 |
| Rio de Janeiro antbird | Cercomacra brasiliana Hellmayr, 1905 | 188 |
| Grey antbird | Cercomacra cinerascens(Sclater, PL, 1857) | 189 |
| Mato Grosso antbird | Cercomacra melanaria(Ménétriés, 1835) | 190 |
| Bananal antbird | Cercomacra ferdinandi Snethlage, E, 1928 | 191 |
| Jet antbird | Cercomacra nigricans Sclater, PL, 1858 | 192 |
| Rio Branco antbird | Cercomacra carbonaria Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1873 | 193 |
| Ferruginous-backed antbird | Myrmoderus ferrugineus(Müller, PLS, 1776) | 194 |
| Cordillera Azul antbird | Myrmoderus eowilsoniMoncrieff, Johnson, O, Lane, Beck, Angulo & Fagan, 2017 | 195 |
| Scalloped antbird | Myrmoderus ruficauda(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 196 |
| White-bibbed antbird | Myrmoderus loricatus(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | 197 |
| Squamate antbird | Myrmoderus squamosus(Pelzeln, 1868) | 198 |
| Black-chinned antbird | Hypocnemoides melanopogon(Sclater, PL, 1857) | 199 |
| Band-tailed antbird | Hypocnemoides maculicauda(Pelzeln, 1868) | 200 |
| Spotted antbird | Hylophylax naevioides(Lafresnaye, 1847) | 201 |
| Spot-backed antbird | Hylophylax naevius(Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 202 |
| Dot-backed antbird | Hylophylax punctulatus(des Murs, 1856) | 203 |
| Silvered antbird | Sclateria naevia(Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 204 |
| Plumbeous antbird | Myrmelastes hyperythrus(Sclater, PL, 1855) | 205 |
| Slate-colored antbird | Myrmelastes schistaceus(Sclater, PL, 1858) | 206 |
| Spot-winged antbird | Myrmelastes leucostigma(Pelzeln, 1868) | 207 |
| Humaita antbird | Myrmelastes humaythae(Hellmayr, 1907) | 208 |
| Brownish-headed antbird | Myrmelastes brunneiceps(Zimmer, JT, 1931) | 209 |
| Rufous-faced antbird | Myrmelastes rufifacies(Hellmayr, 1929) | 210 |
| Roraiman antbird | Myrmelastes saturatus(Salvin, 1885) | 211 |
| Caura antbird | Myrmelastes caurensis(Hellmayr, 1906) | 212 |
| Chestnut-backed antbird | Poliocrania exsul(Sclater, PL, 1859) | 213 |
| Grey-headed antbird | Ampelornis griseiceps(Chapman, 1923) | 214 |
| Stub-tailed antbird | Sipia berlepschi(Hartert, EJO, 1898) | 215 |
| Esmeraldas antbird | Sipia nigricauda(Salvin & Godman, 1892) | 216 |
| Magdalena antbird | Sipia palliata(Todd, 1917) | 217 |
| Dull-mantled antbird | Sipia laemosticta(Salvin, 1865) | 218 |
| White-bellied antbird | Myrmeciza longipes(Swainson, 1825) | 219 |
| Black-tailed antbird | Myrmoborus melanurus(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866) | 220 |
| White-lined antbird | Myrmoborus lophotes(Hellmayr & Seilern, 1914) | 221 |
| Black-faced antbird | Myrmoborus myotherinus(Spix, 1825) | 222 |
| White-browed antbird | Myrmoborus leucophrys(Tschudi, 1844) | 223 |
| Ash-breasted antbird | Myrmoborus lugubris(Cabanis, 1847) | 224 |
| Bare-crowned antbird | Gymnocichla nudiceps(Cassin, 1850) | 225 |
| Western fire-eye | Pyriglena maura(Ménétriés, 1835) | 226 |
| Tapajos fire-eye | Pyriglena similis Zimmer, JT, 1931 | 227 |
| East Amazonian fire-eye | Pyriglena leuconota(Spix, 1824) | 228 |
| Fringe-backed fire-eye | Pyriglena atra(Swainson, 1825) | 229 |
| White-shouldered fire-eye | Pyriglena leucoptera(Vieillot, 1818) | 230 |
| Slender antbird | Rhopornis ardesiacus(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1831) | 231 |
| Black-headed antbird | Percnostola rufifrons(Gmelin, JF, 1789) | 232 |
| Allpahuayo antbird | Percnostola arenarumIsler, ML, Álvarez A, J, Isler, PR & Whitney, 2001 | 233 |
| White-shouldered antbird | Akletos melanoceps(Spix, 1825) | 234 |
| Goeldi's antbird | Akletos goeldii(Snethlage, E, 1908) | 235 |
| Sooty antbird | Hafferia fortis(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868) | 236 |
| Blue-lored antbird | Hafferia immaculata(Lafresnaye, 1845) | 237 |
| Zeledon's antbird | Hafferia zeledoni(Ridgway, 1909) | 238 |