Percnostola rufifrons

Percnostola rufifrons subcristata ♂, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Thamnophilida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Subsectio: Ornithodira Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauria Ordo: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Infraclassis: Aves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Tyrannides Parvordo: Thamnophilida

Familia: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Percnostola
Species: Percnostola rufifrons
Subspecies:

• Group: P. r. jensoni – P. r. minor
• Group: P. r. rufifrons – P. r. subcristata

Name

Percnostola rufifrons (Gmelin, 1789)

• Type locality: Cayenne, French Guiana.

Synonyms

• Turdus rufifrons (protonym)

References

Primary references

• Gmelin, J.F. 1789. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars II. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 501–1032. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 original description p. 825 no. 86 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Capparella, A.P., Rosenberg, G.H. & Cardiff, S.W., 1997. A new subespecies of Percnostola rufifrons (Formicariidae) from northeastern Amazonian Peru, with a revision of the rufifrons complex. In: Studies in Neotropical Ornithology honoring Ted Parker. Ornithological Monographs 48: 165-170. Full publication (PDF)Reference page. 
• Isler, M.L.; Álvarez A., J.; Isler, P.R. & Whitney, B.M. (2001). A new species of Percnostola antbird (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) from Amazonian Peru, and an analysis of species limits within Percnostola rufifrons. The Wilson Bulletin 113:164–176. DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2001)113[0164:ANSOPA]2.0.CO;2Full article PDFReference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Black-headed antbird
español: Hormiguero cabecinegro
português: Formigueiro-de-cabeça-preta

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