Jameson's Antpecker

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Jameson's Antpecker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Parmoptila
Species: P. rubrifrons
Binomial name
Parmoptila rubrifrons
(Sharpe & Ussher, 1872)

The Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons is a species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 32,000 km².

Jameson's Antpecker inhabits subtropical/ tropical lowland moist forest in Sierra Leone, Mali, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Some authorities have split this species into the Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, and Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni found in The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.

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