Percnostola | |
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Black-headed antbird (Percnostola rufifrons) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: |
Percnostola Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
Type species | |
Lanius funebris
[1] Lichtenstein, 1823
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Species | |
see text |
Percnostola is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860. [2] The type species is the black-headed antbird. [3] The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek words perknos meaning "dark" or "dusky" and stolē meaning "dress" or "clothing". [4]
The genus contains two species: [5]
The genus previously included the white-lined antbird but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus. [6]
Percnostola | |
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Black-headed antbird (Percnostola rufifrons) | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: |
Percnostola Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
Type species | |
Lanius funebris
[1] Lichtenstein, 1823
| |
Species | |
see text |
Percnostola is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860. [2] The type species is the black-headed antbird. [3] The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek words perknos meaning "dark" or "dusky" and stolē meaning "dress" or "clothing". [4]
The genus contains two species: [5]
The genus previously included the white-lined antbird but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus. [6]