Biology:Percnostola

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Short description: Genus of birds

Percnostola
Percnostola rufifrons Black-headed Antbird (male); Serra do Navio, Amapá, Brazil (cropped).jpg
Black-headed antbird (Percnostola rufifrons)
Scientific classification e
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

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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.[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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q946556 entry