Chestnut-crowned gnateater

The chestnut-crowned gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Four subspecies are recognized:

Chestnut-crowned gnateater
Male (above) and female (below)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Conopophagidae
Genus: Conopophaga
Species:
C. castaneiceps
Binomial name
Conopophaga castaneiceps
Subspecies

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Description

The male is black with a chestnut crown. The female is different with her head being entirely chestnut except for a white eyestripe and her breast light grey. Both genders have brown backs.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Conopophaga castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Sclater, Philip Lutley (1857). "Characters of some apparently New Species of American Ant-Thrushes". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25: 47.
  3. Chapman, Frank M. (1915). "Diagnoses of apparently new Colombian birds. IV". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 34 (23): 641–642.
  4. Carriker, Jr., M. A. (1933). "Descriptions of New Birds from Peru, with Notes on Other Little-Known Species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 13–15. JSTOR 4064167.
  5. von Verlepsch, Graf Hans; Stolzmann, Jean (1896). "On the Ornithological Researches of M. Jean Kalinowski in Central Peru". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 385–386.


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