Black-capped antwren
female at Dourado, São Paulo State, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Herpsilochmus
Species:
H. atricapillus
Binomial name
Herpsilochmus atricapillus
Pelzeln, 1868

The black-capped antwren (Herpsilochmus atricapillus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The black-capped antwren was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given its current binomial name Herpsilochmus atricapillus.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Herpsilochmus atricapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22701555A130214205. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22701555A130214205.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. von Pelzeln, August (1868). Zur Ornithologie Brasiliens: Resultate von Johann Natterers Reisen in den Jahren 1817 bis 1835 (in German and Latin). Vol. 2. Wien: A. Pichler's Witwe & Sohn. pp. 80, 150.


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