Percnostola
Percnostola is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
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| Black-headed antbird (Percnostola rufifrons) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Percnostola Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
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The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860.[1] The type species is the black-headed antbird.[2] The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek words perknos meaning "dark" or "dusky" and stolē meaning "dress" or "clothing".[3]
The genus contains seven species:[4]
- Allpahuayo antbird (Percnostola arenarum)
- Black-headed antbird (Percnostola rufifrons)
- White-shouldered antbird (Percnostola melanoceps)
- Goeldi's antbird (Percnostola goeldii)
- Sooty antbird (Percnostola fortis)
- Blue-lored antbird (Percnostola immaculata)
- Zeledon's antbird (Percnostola zeledoni)
The genus previously included the white-lined antbird but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus.[5]
References
- Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1860). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Volume 2. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 10.
- Peters, James Lee, ed. (1951). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 7. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 229.
- Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Antbirds". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- Isler, M.L.; Bravo, G.A.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3717 (4): 469–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3. PMID 26176119.
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