Distribution
It is found from eastern Honduras down to Colombia, the Amazon Basin and the Guyanas. Its natural habitat tropical moist lowland forests, in tangled and dense vegetation in the mid-story of the forest. It is more common in secondary forest in Central America. It is usually found below 800 m and rarely up to 1,600 m . Where its range overlaps with that of the bamboo antshrike it is found at lower elevations than that species.Reproduction
Two creamy white eggs with variable patterning are laid in a simple cup nest of plant fibres placed 2–10 m off the ground. Both parents incubate the eggs during the day, only the female does so at night.Food
The fasciated antshrike feeds on large insects and other prey in the mid-story, from 5–20 m off the ground. It particularly feeds on vine clusters and near tree trunks, but will also come down to the forest floor on occasion. Insects taken include grasshoppers, bugs, beetles and caterpillars, as well as spiders and even lizards, amphibians and occasionally fruit. They will join mixed species feeding flocks with antwrens and foliage-gleaners that pass through their territories, and will also follow army ants to take prey flushed by them, but they are not obligate ant-followers.References:
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