| Chestnut-crowned gnateater | |
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| Male (above) and female (below) | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Conopophagidae |
| Genus: | Conopophaga |
| Species: | C. castaneiceps |
| Binomial name | |
| Conopophaga castaneiceps | |
| Subspecies | |
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The chestnut-crowned gnateater (Conopophaga castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the family Conopophagidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Four subspecies are recognized:
- C. c. chocoensis Chapman, 1915[3] - western Colombia
- C. c. castaneiceps Sclater, 1857[2] - Colombia and Ecuador
- C. c. chapmani Carriker, 1933[4] - Ecuador and Peru
- C. c. brunneinucha von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896[5] - Peru
Description
The male is black with a chestnut crown. The female is different with her head being entirely chestnut except for a white eyestripe and her breast light grey. Both genders have brown backs.
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Conopophaga castaneiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b Sclater, Philip Lutley (1857). "Characters of some apparently New Species of American Ant-Thrushes". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 25: 47.
- ^ Chapman, Frank M. (1915). "Diagnoses of apparently new Colombian birds. IV". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 34 (23): 641–642.
- ^ Carriker, Jr., M. A. (1933). "Descriptions of New Birds from Peru, with Notes on Other Little-Known Species". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 85: 13–15. JSTOR 4064167.
- ^ von Verlepsch, Graf Hans; Stolzmann, Jean (1896). "On the Ornithological Researches of M. Jean Kalinowski in Central Peru". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 385–386.