Jameson's Antpecker
Parmoptila jamesoni
A small, slender-billed, warbler-like waxbill with pinkish-brown legs and different-looking sexes: the male has a red forehead, dull brown upperparts, and a rusty-chestnut face and underparts, while the female has a tawny-brown face and cheeks, pale buff underparts with scattered dark chevrons, and dull brown upperparts. Pairs and small groups forage by themselves or in mixed-species flocks, in the understory and middle levels of primary, secondary, and gallery forest, often near water. Eats insects, with a fondness for ants. Call is a high-pitched, downslurred “whseet.”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Parmoptila jamesoni
- Authority
- (Shelley, 1890)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Parmoptila
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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