Red-fronted Antpecker
Parmoptila rubrifrons
A small, slender-billed warbler-like waxbill with pinkish-brown legs and different-looking sexes: the male has a red forehead, dull brown upperparts, light scaling on the face, and rusty-chestnut underparts, while the female has pale underparts with scattered dark chevrons, mostly brown upperparts, and a white-speckled head. Pairs and small groups forage alone or in mixed-species flocks, in the understory and middle levels of primary and swamp forest, often near water. Eats insects, with a fondness for ants. Call is a high-pitched downslurred “peeeee.”
分类信息
- 学名
- Parmoptila rubrifrons
- 命名信息
- (Sharpe & Ussher, 1872)
- 目
- Passeriformes
- 科
- Estrildidae
- 属
- Parmoptila
分布与栖息地
- 迁徙
- Resident species
保护状况
- 种群趋势
- declining
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