Biology:Ash-throated antwren

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Short description: Species of bird

Ash-throated antwren
Herpsilochmus parkeri - Ash-throated-Antwren.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Herpsilochmus
Species:
H. parkeri
Binomial name
Herpsilochmus parkeri
Davis & O'Neill, 1986
Herpsilochmus parkeri map.svg

The ash-throated antwren (Herpsilochmus parkeri) is an insectivorous bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae.

It was described as a new species in 1986. The first specimens had been collected in northern Peru in 1983.[2]

It is considered to be part of the group within the genus that also contains H. pileatus, H. atricapillus, and H. motacilloides.

It is found in humid upper tropical and subtropical forest in the eastern Andes of northern Peru.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1261709 entry