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Percnostola

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Percnostola is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPasseriformes
  5. FamilyThamnophilidae
Observations recorded13,311

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
With media
11
Family
Thamnophilidae
Collections
LSUMZ, MNHN, NHMUK, UNICAMP
Recorded in
Peru, PéRou, Brazil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Thamnophilidae
Image
Percnostola rufifrons Black-headed Antbird (male); Serra do Navio, Amapá, Brazil (cropped).jpg
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Commons category
Percnostola
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Percnostola
taxon name
Percnostola
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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. The type species is the black-headed antbird. The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek words perknos meaning "dark" or "dusky" and stolē meaning "dress" or "clothing".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Percnostola” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.