Percnostola Cabanis and Heine, 1859

Isler, Morton L., Bravo, Gustavo A. & Brumfield, Robb T., 2013, Taxonomic revision of Myrmeciza (Aves: Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae) into 12 genera based on phylogenetic, morphological, behavioral, and ecological data, Zootaxa 3717 (4), pp. 469-497 : 491

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3717.4.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611513

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scientific name

Percnostola Cabanis and Heine, 1859
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Type species. Turdus rufifrons . Gmelin, 1789.

Included species. Percnostola rufifrons (Gmelin) . BLACK-HEADED ANTBIRD.

Percnostola arenarum Isler, Alvarez, Isler , and Whitney. ALLPAHUAYO ANTBIRD.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other genera in longipes clade by plumage. Gray males differ from all but Myrmoborus from which distinguished by black throats and dark crowns. Females distinguished from Myrmoborus by dark or contrasting crown and either lack of dark face mask or white in underparts. Differs from Pyriglena in tail length and bill length proportions. Domed-shaped nest differs from nest of Myrmeciza . Sandy soil forest habitat preference supportive.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Thamnophilidae

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