Biology:Grey-headed antbird

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Short description: Species of bird

Grey-headed antbird
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Thamnophilidae
Genus: Ampelornis
Isler, Bravo & Brumfield, 2013
Species:
A. griseiceps
Binomial name
Ampelornis griseiceps
(Chapman, 1923)
Ampelornis griseiceps map.svg
Synonyms

Myrmeciza griseiceps

The grey-headed antbird (Ampelornis griseiceps) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The grey-headed antbird was described by the American ornithologist Frank Chapman in 1923 and given the binomial name Myrmoderus griseiceps.[2] It was later placed in the genus Myrmeciza but a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that the genus Myrmeciza, as then defined, was polyphyletic.[3] In the resulting rearrangement to create monophyletic genera the gray-headed antbird was moved to a newly erected genus Ampelornis. The name combines the Ancient Greek words ampelos "vine" and ornis "bird".[3] The genus is monotypic.[4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1262095 entry