Woodhouse's Antpecker

Woodhouse's Antpecker

Taxobox
name = Woodhouse's Antpecker
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = "Parmoptila"
species = "P. woodhousei"
binomial = "Parmoptila woodhousei"
binomial_authority = 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/ 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

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8599&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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