Bare-crowned antbird

Bare-crowned antbird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Thamnophilidae
Genus:Gymnocichla
P.L. Sclater, 1858
Species: G. nudiceps
Binomial name
Gymnocichla nudiceps
(Cassin, 1850)

The bare-crowned antbird (Gymnocichla nudiceps) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae in the monotypic genus Gymnocichla.

It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The genus Gymnocichla was erected by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1858.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Gymnocichla nudiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Sclater, Philip L. (1858). "Synopsis of the American ant-birds (Formicariidae). Part III containing the third subfamily Formicariinae, or ant-thrushes". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 272–289 [274].
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