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Black-headed Antthrush (nigricapillus)

Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus Ridgway, R 1893




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Formicariidae
Genus:
   Formicarius
Scientific:
  Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus

Original description

Citation:
  Ridgway, R 1893

Reference:
   Proc. U.S. Ntnl. Mus. 16, no.961 p.670,675

Protonym:
  Formicarius nigricapillus

Type locality:
  Buena Vista, Costa Rica.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53716#page/840/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A346786EC3F64956

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A346786E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A346786E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 924781

Geographic range:

  • Formicarius nigricapillus: Caribbean slope of northwestern to central Costa Rica and both slopes of Panama
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-headed Antthrush (nigricapillus)
French:
Tétéma à tête noire (nigricapillus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-headed Antthrush (nigricapillus) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-headed Antthrush (nigricapillus) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-headed Antthrush (nigricapillus) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Black-headed Antthrush (nigricapillus) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-headed Antthrush (nominate) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-headed Antthrush (nominate) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-headed Antthrush (nominate) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-headed Antthrush (nominate) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-headed Antthrush (nominate) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-headed Antthrush (nominate) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-headed Antthrush (nominate) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-headed Antthrush (nominate) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus)
Avilist 2025:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2025:
Black-capped Antthrush ( Formicarius nigricapillus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-headed Antthrush (Central American) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Black-headed Antthrush (Central American) ( Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Black-capped Antthrush ( Formicarius nigricapillus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: nominal subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Formicarius nigricapillus

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Bulgarian: Черноглав мраволовков дрозд
Catalan: remenafulles capnegre
Czech: mravenčíkovec černohlavý
Danish: Sorthovedet Myredrossel
German: Schwarzkopf-Ameisendrossel
English: Black-capped Antthrush, Black-headed Antthrush, Black-headed Antthrush (Central American), Black-headed Antthrush (nigricapillus), Black-headed Antthrush (nominate)
English (Avilist): Black-capped Antthrush
English, HBW: Black-headed Antthrush (Central American)
English (IOC): Black-headed Antthrush (Central American)
English (United States): Black-capped Antthrush
Spanish: Chululú de Cabeza Negra
Spanish (Costa Rica): Gallito Hormiguero Cabecinegro
Spanish (Ecuador): Formicario Gorrinegro
Spanish (Spain): Formicario capinegro
Spanish (Panama): Formicario Gorrinegro
French: Tétéma à tête noire, Tétéma à tête noire (nigricapillus), Tétéma à tête noire (nominal), Tétéma à tête noire (nominale), Tétéma à tête noire (race nominale)
Italian: Formicario capinero
Scientific: Formicarius nigricapillus, Formicarius nigricapillus nigricapillus
Dutch: Zwartkopmierlijster
Polish: mrówkowód czarnogłowy
Slovak: mravčiarik čiernohlavý
Serbian: Severni crnoglavi mravlji drozd
Swedish: svarthuvad myrtrast
Turkish: Kara Başlı Karıncaardıcı

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