Black-capped Donacobius
Donacobius atricapilla(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Black-capped Donacobius
The Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Donacobiidae (Donacobius) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Donacobius atricapilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-capped Donacobius
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Donacobius atricapilla brachypterus
- Donacobius atricapilla nigrodorsalis
- Donacobius atricapilla atricapilla
- Donacobius atricapilla albovittatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- [Turdus] atricapilla
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Habitat ad Cap b. spei, error. Eastern Brazil substituted as type locality bv Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. Zool., 9, p. 4.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.295
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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