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Woodhouse's Antpecker

Parmoptila woodhousei

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 9 g
Woodhouse's Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei), photo 1
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Woodhouse's Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei), photo 2
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Woodhouse's Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei), photo 3
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Woodhouse's Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei), photo 4
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The male has a bright red fore crown, brown under parts, the adult female is brown above with a rufous-brown wash to the throat and scaled brown and white from the breast to the vent.

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When to see the Woodhouse's Antpecker

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Woodhouse's Antpecker

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 7 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Cameroon Equatorial Guinea Gabon Angola Nigeria Congo - Brazzaville Congo - Kinshasa

Recorded as a rare visitor in Central African Republic.

About the Woodhouse's Antpecker

Woodhouse's antpecker is a species of passerine bird found in West Africa that is placed in the estrildid finch family, Estrildidae. The name commemorates the American explorer and collector Samuel Washington Woodhouse.

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Easily confused with

Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni) Jameson's AntpeckerParmoptila jamesoniJameson's antpecker is a songbird species found in central Africa. Red-fronted Antpecker (Parmoptila rubrifrons) Red-fronted AntpeckerParmoptila rubrifronsThe red-fronted antpecker is a species of songbird found in Western Africa.

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