Ash-throated antwren
| Ash-throated antwren | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Thamnophilidae |
| Genus: | Herpsilochmus |
| Species: | H. parkeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Herpsilochmus parkeri Davis & O'Neill, 1986 | |
The ash-throated antwren (Herpsilochmus parkeri) is a bird in the antbird family, described as new to science in 1986.
The first specimens were collected in northern Peru in 1983.
It is considered to be part of the group within the genus that also contains H. pileatus, H. atricapillus, and H. motacilloides.
It is found in humid upper tropical and subtropical forest in the eastern Andes of northern Peru.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Herpsilochmus parkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Wilson Bulletin Vol.98, No.3 (Sept 1986)