Jameson's Antpecker
Parmoptila jamesoni(Shelley, GE, 1890)
English (US) Jameson's Antpecker
The Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni) 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 Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: eastern Congo and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Uganda and western TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Parmoptila jamesoni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Jameson's Antpecker
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1890)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pholidornis jamesoni
- Described by
- (Shelley, GE, 1890)
- Type locality
- Yambuya, Aruwimi River, Congo.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.6, vol.2, no.6 p.163, pl. V, fig. 1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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