Species profile
Silvery-cheeked Antshrike
Sakesphorus cristatus
Quick answer
Arid ne Brazil (Piauí and Ceará to extreme n Minas Gerais)
- Scientific name
- Sakesphorus cristatus
- Family
- Thamnophilidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Sakesphorus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Thamnophilidae
- Acre Antshrike (Thamnophilus divisorius)
- Alagoas Antwren (Myrmotherula snowi)
- Allpahuayo Antbird (Percnostola arenarum)
- Amazonian Antshrike (Thamnophilus amazonicus)
- Amazonian Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula multostriata)
- Ancient Antwren (Herpsilochmus gentryi)
- Aripuana Antwren (Herpsilochmus stotzi)
- Ash-breasted Antbird (Myrmoborus lugubris)