Woodhouse's antpecker / Woodhouse-Ameisenpicker (Parmoptila woodhousei)

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Parmoptila (Parmoptila); Family Estrildidae (Estrildidae)
General:

Woodhouse's antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei) is an unusual bird of uncertain affinities species of estrildid finch found in wetter land of Central Africa, its localized in the forest from 700- 1800m where it actively forages in tangled vines and creepers in the forest undergrowth. The male has a bright red fore crown, brown udder 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. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 190,000 km². [more]