Iquitos gnatcatcher

Iquitos gnatcatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Polioptilidae
Genus: Polioptila
Species: P. clementsi
Binomial name
Polioptila clementsi
B.M. Whitney & J.A. Alonso, 2005

The Iquitos gnatcatcher (Polioptila clementsi) is a gnatcatcher described as new to science in 2005.[2] It is currently only known from the Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve, west of Iquitos, Peru. The species is a member of the Polioptila guianensis complex. It is named after James F. Clements.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Polioptila clementsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Whitney, Bret M.; Alonso, Jose Alvarez (2005-06-01). "A new species of gnatcatcher from white-sand forests of northern amazonian peru with revision of the polioptila guianensis complex". The Wilson Bulletin. 117 (2): 113–127. doi:10.1676/04-064. ISSN 0043-5643.


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