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Mouse-colored antshrike

Thamnophilus murinus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus) is a species in the family Thamnophilidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 18.5 g to 19.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus)
Photo: Hector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mouse-colored antshrike

Weight
18.5 g – 19.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mouse-colored antshrike live?

Not recorded

What is the mouse-colored antshrike?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus) is a species of bird in subfamily Thamnophilinae of family Thamnophilidae, the "typical antbirds". It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

From the Wikipedia article “Mouse-colored antshrike” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mouse-colored_antshrike&oldid=1314538860), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the mouse-colored antshrike endangered?

The mouse-colored antshrike is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the mouse-colored antshrike classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyThamnophilidae
  6. genusThamnophilus
  7. SpeciesThamnophilus murinus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868
Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • Mouse-coloured antshrikeEnglish
  • Mouse-coloured antshrikeEnglish
  • batarà ratolíCatalan
  • mravenčík myšíCzech
  • morgrugydd llwydaiddWelsh
  • Musegrå MyretornskadeDanish
  • BraunflügelameisenwürgerGerman
  • Braunflügel-AmeisenwürgerGerman
  • SilberwollrückenGerman
  • musgriza formikuloEsperanto
  • Batará murinoSpanish
  • hiiripuumuuraFinnish
  • Batara sourisFrench
  • sivotrba mravaricaCroatian
  • Averla formichiera murinaItalian
  • ネズミアリモズJapanese
  • sidabrinė medšarkinė skruzdlesėLithuanian
  • Grijze MierklauwierDutch
  • brunvingemaurvarslerNorwegian
  • chronka mysiaPolish
  • choca-murinaPortuguese
  • formigueiro-murinoPortuguese
  • Серебристый колючникRussian
  • Серебристая сорокопутовая муравьеловкаRussian
  • batara myšaciaSlovak
  • Mišjesmeđi mravlji svračakSerbian
  • musgrå myrtörnskataSwedish
  • Fare Renkli KarıncaavcısıTurkish
  • сорокуш сріблястийUkrainian
  • 鼠灰蚁鵙Chinese
  • 鼠色蟻鵙Chinese

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Relatives of the mouse-colored antshrike

Other species in the same genus Thamnophilus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the mouse-colored antshrike?

An adult mouse-colored antshrike weighs 18.5 g – 19.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mouse-colored antshrike endangered?

The mouse-colored antshrike is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the mouse-colored antshrike?

The mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus) belongs to the family Thamnophilidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mouse-colored-antshrike

MLA

“Mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mouse-colored-antshrike.

BibTeX
@misc{mouse_colored_antshrike_2026,
  title = {Mouse-colored antshrike (Thamnophilus murinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mouse-colored-antshrike},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}