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Percnostola
''Percnostola'' is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae. The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860. The type species is the black-headed antbird. The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek words ''perknos'' meaning "dark" or "dusky" and ''stolē'' meaning "dress" or "clothing". The genus contains two species: * Black-headed antbird The black-headed antbird (''Percnostola rufifrons'') is a species of passerine bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical o ... (''Percnostola rufifrons'') * Allpahuayo antbird (''Percnostola arenarum'') The genus previously included the white-lined antbird but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within '' Myrmoborus''. References Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Thamnoph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-headed Antbird
The black-headed antbird (''Percnostola rufifrons'') is a species of passerine bird in the antbird family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Taxonomy The black-headed antbird was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's ''Systema Naturae''. He placed it with the thrushes in the genus ''Turdus'' and coined the binomial name ''Turdus rufifrons''. The specific epithet ''rufifrons'' combines the Latin ''rufus'' meaning "red" or "rufous" with ''frons'' meaning "forehead" or "front". Gmelin based his description on "Le merle roux de Cayenne" that had been described and illustrated in 1775 by the French polymath, the Comte de Buffon in his book ''Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux''. The black-headed antbird is now placed together with the Allpahuayo antbird in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |