| Antpeckers | |
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| Female Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae (but see text) |
| Genus: | Parmoptila Cassin, 1859 |
| Species | |
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Parmoptila jamesoni |
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The antpeckers, Parmoptila, are a genus of songbirds that range across the tropical forests of western and central Africa. This genus has been placed in a number of families; at present it is placed tentatively with the estrildid finches due to similarities in breeding behaviour.
Species are: