Chestnut-crowned gnateater

Chestnut-crowned gnateater
male (above) and female (below)
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

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

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Conopophaga castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. 1 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.
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