Chestnut-crowned gnateater

Chestnut-crowned gnateater
	male (above) and female (below)
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Conopophagidae
Genus:	Conopophaga
Species:	C. castaneiceps
Binomial name
	Conopophaga castaneiceps; Sclater, 1857[2]
Subspecies
	See text

The chestnut-crowned gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Four subspecies are recognized:

C. c. chocoensis Chapman, 1915[3] - western Colombia
C. c. castaneiceps Sclater, 1857[2] - Colombia and Ecuador
C. c. chapmani Carriker, 1933[4] - Ecuador and Peru
C. c. brunneinucha von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896[5] - Peru

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. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
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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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Conopophaga castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[Sclater1857-2] Sclater, Philip Lutley (1857). "Characters of some apparently New Species of American Ant-Thrushes". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25: 47.

[3] Chapman, Frank M. (1915). "Diagnoses of apparently new Colombian birds. IV". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 34 (23): 641–642.

[4] 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.

[5] 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.