Woodhouse's Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei)

Other Names (World)
Woodhouse's Antpecker, Flowerpecker Finch, Flowerpecker Weaver, Flowerpecker Weaver-finch

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Cassin, 1859

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola (B), Cameroon (B), Central African Republic (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Equatorial Guinea (B), Gabon (B), Nigeria (B).

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.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Woodhouse's Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei) [XC832148]
by id from Semuliki Forest NP, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Thought to form a superspecies with Red-fronted Antpecker (Parmoptila rubrifrons) and Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni), and sometimes treated as conspecific. Occurs close to Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni) in Central African Republic (R Ouissi) and in DRCongo (Ituri), but the two not known to be locally sympatric.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

woodhousei Cassin, 1859 - Southern Nigeria, southern Cameroon and Gabon east to southern Central African Republic, PRCongo and western DRCongo.
ansorgei Hartert, 1904 - Northern Angola.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Woodhouses Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei) - 10 files

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