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 Classis: Aves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Tyrannides Parvordo: Thamnophilida

Familia: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Percnostola
Species: Percnostola rufifrons
Subspecies: P. r. jensoni – P. r. minor – P. r. rufifrons – P. r. subcristata

Name

Percnostola rufifrons (Gmelin, 1789)

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. - pp. 501-1032. Lipsiae. (Beer). original description p.825 #86 BHL Reference page. 

Selected 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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