Chestnut-crowned gnateater
Chestnut-crowned gnateater | |
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male (above) and female (below) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Conopophagidae |
Genus: | Conopophaga |
Species: | C. castaneiceps |
Binomial name | |
Conopophaga castaneiceps | |
Subspecies | |
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The chestnut-crowned gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the Conopophagidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Four subspecies are recognized:
Description
The male is black with a chestnut crown. The female is different with her head being entirely chestnut except for a white eyestripe and her breast light grey. Both genders have brown backs.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Conopophaga castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 Sclater, Philip Lutley (1857). "Characters of some apparently New Species of American Ant-Thrushes". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25: 47.
- ↑ Chapman, Frank M. (1915). "Diagnoses of apparently new Colombian birds. IV". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 34 (23): 641–642.
- ↑ Carriker, Jr., M. A. (1933). "Descriptions of New Birds from Peru, with Notes on Other Little-Known Species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 13–15. JSTOR 4064167.
- ↑ von Verlepsch, Graf Hans; Stolzmann, Jean (1896). "On the Ornithological Researches of M. Jean Kalinowski in Central Peru". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 385–386.
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