Western Slaty-Antshrike

Western Slaty-Antshrike

Thamnophilus atrinucha

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Panama City

In 3 days <5%

11 Verified sightings at Panama City
14,102 In all 22 parks From 2019 to 2026
April Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Western Slaty-Antshrike

The black-crowned antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in every Central American country except El Salvador and in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

What is now the black-crowned antshrike was long included as a subspecies of Thamnophilus punctatus, which at that time was called the slaty antshrike. Following the results of a study published in 1997, the slaty antshrike was split into six species. The remnant T. punctatus was named the northern slaty antshrike and the new T. atrinucha was named the western slaty antshrike. By 2012 taxonomists determined that T. atrinucha was not closely related to other slaty antshrikes so its English name was changed to black-crowned antshrike and its position within a linear presentation of genus Thamnophilus was adjusted. The black-crowned and black-hooded antshrike (T. bridgesi) are sister species.

The black-crowned antshrike is 14 to 15 cm... Wikipedia →

Sounds

Song0:26

Ecuador · 2025

© Manuel Sánchez-Nivicela · XC1169954 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Alarm call0:28

Ecuador · 2020

© Peter de Rouw · XC601457 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Subsong0:16

Colombia · 2020

© Jorge Andres Lopez-Ospina · XC598869 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
2 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~50%
3 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~50%
4 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
5 Utría National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~40%
6 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~40%
7 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~30%
8 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
~30%
9 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~20%
10 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~20%
11 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
12 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
13 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
14 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
15 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
<5%
16 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
<5%
17 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
18 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
<5%
19 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
20 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
21 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
22 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Western Slaty-Antshrike in Panama City?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Western Slaty-Antshrike sighting in Panama City on a given day, based on 11 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 314th most-seen of the 363 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Western Slaty-Antshrike in Panama City?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Western Slaty-Antshrike in Panama City on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Western Slaty-Antshrike?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Western Slaty-Antshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Where else can you see a Western Slaty-Antshrike?

Only Panama City, in our data

Panama City is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Western Slaty-Antshrike sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Western Slaty-Antshrike sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Western Slaty-Antshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Panama City (11 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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