Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni)

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
10 - 11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shelley, 1890)

Habitat
Moist primary and logged forest, typically near to water.

Range (Guide)

Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B), Uganda (B).

W, north-central and north-eastern DRCongo, western Uganda (Albertine Rift) and extreme north-western Tanzania (Minziro Forest).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Ants and small insects, and some seeds.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni) [XC739880]
by Peter Boesman from Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (call)

Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni) [XC739882]
by Peter Boesman from Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Parmoptila rubrifrons (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Red-fronted Antpecker (Parmoptila rubrifrons) and Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni) following Woodcock (2003).

Thought to form a superspecies with Woodhouse's Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei) and Red-fronted Antpecker (Parmoptila rubrifrons), and sometimes treated as conspecific with latter or, less often, with both. Northern part of range closely approaches that of Woodhouse's Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei), but the two not known to be locally sympatric.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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