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Genus of birds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Percnostola is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.
Percnostola | |
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Black-headed antbird (Percnostola rufifrons) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Percnostola Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
Type species | |
Lanius funebris[1] Lichtenstein, 1823 | |
Species | |
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The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860.[2] The type species is the black-headed antbird.[3] The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek words perknos meaning "dark" or "dusky" and stolē meaning "dress" or "clothing".[4]
The genus contains two species:[5]
The genus previously included the white-lined antbird but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus.[6]
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