Woodhouse's antpecker
| Woodhouse's antpecker | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Parmoptila |
| Species: | P. woodhousei |
| Binomial name | |
| Parmoptila woodhousei Cassin, 1859 | |
Woodhouse's antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei) is a common species of estrildid finch found in wetter land of Central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 190,000 km2.
Habitat
Woodhouse's antpecker inhabits subtropical or tropical lowland moist forest at Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda.
The name of this bird commemorates the American explorer and collector Samuel Washington Woodhouse.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Parmoptila woodhousei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.