Black-headed Antbird

Percnostola rufifrons - Alapi à tête noire

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Thamnophilidés
Genus
:
Percnostola
Species
:
rufifrons

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics

Size
: 16 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 21 à 32 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Black-headed Antbird (Percnostola rufifrons) is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons (the Guianas and ne Brazil)
Percnostola rufifrons subcristata (n Brazil)
Percnostola rufifrons minor (e Colombia, sw Venezuela and nw Brazil)
Percnostola rufifrons jensoni (ne Peru)

Foreign names

Alapi à tête noire,
Hormiguero cabecinegro,
formigueiro-de-cabeça-preta,
Schwarzscheitel-Ameisenvogel,
Roetkopmiervogel,
Formichiere testanera,
svartkronad myrfågel,
Svartkronemaurfugl,
mravcovka tmavohlavá,
mravenčík černotemenný,
Sorthovedet Myrefugl,
mustalakkimuura,
formiguera de casquet,
białobrzeżek czarnogłowy,
Рыжелобая муравьеловка,
ズグロアリドリ,
黑头蚁鸟,
黑頭蟻鳥,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Savanna : Dry

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

Avibase, Lepage Denis
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil, Ber Van Perlo
Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
Handbook of the Birds of the World Vol 16, Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest