A noisy bird (length 14 cm) striped black and white. You meet
it in gardens and on abandoned parcels, but also along roads and
in the savannas. The female is brown with some stripes on her
head.
This antshrike makes its presence known by its song, ko ko ko ko.. ko krrr,
increasing in tempo and tone. While singing they erect their
crest (black and white for the male, brown for the female). They
often sing a duet. Nests can be found in gardens. Thes antshrikes
use grasses for the nests and hang them in bushes. They eat
insects, like the many different kinds of ants around each house.
The photos above of males were made by K. Dijkstra in Paramaribo
in March 2007, the second one by J.S. Dunning in Guyana, long
ago, and the third one by Carl Beel in Babunhol in May 2010, a
young male just acquiring its adult feathers. The females can be
seen below the text and were photographed by Dominiek Plouvier in
Suriname..
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna | |
| Forests |  |
| Mountain forests |  |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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