Antpecker

Antpecker

Taxobox
name = Antpeckers


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Female Jameson's Antpecker ("Parmoptila jamesoni")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae (but see text)
genus = "Parmoptila"
genus_authority = Cassin, 1859
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Parmoptila jamesoni" "Parmoptila rubrifrons" "Parmoptila woodhousei"

The antpeckers, "Parmoptila", are a genus tentatively assigned to the estrildid finch family (Estrildidae). This genus has been placed in a number of families and is currently placed with the estrildid finches due to similarities in breeding behaviour. They range across the tropical forests of central Africa.

Species are:
* Red-fronted Antpecker, "Parmoptila rubrifrons"
* Jameson's Antpecker, "Parmoptila jamesoni" - formerly included in "P. rubrifrons"
* Woodhouse's Antpecker, "Parmoptila woodhousei"


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