Antpecker
The antpeckers, Parmoptila, are a genus of estrildid finch songbirds that range across the tropical forests of western and central Africa.
| Antpeckers | |
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| Female Jameson's antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Parmoptila Cassin, 1859 |
| Species | |
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Parmoptila jamesoni | |
This genus has been placed in a number of families; at present it is placed tentatively with the Estrildidae due to similarities in breeding behaviour.
Species
Species include:
| Image | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Parmoptila rubrifrons | Red-fronted antpecker | Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire | |
| Parmoptila jamesoni - often included in P. rubrifrons | Jameson's antpecker | Uganda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
| Parmoptila woodhousei | Woodhouse's antpecker | Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. | |
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