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Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's)

Percnostola rufifrons [rufifrons or subcristata] (= Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons) (Gmelin, JF 1789)

The black-headed antbird is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Thamnophilidae
Genus:
   Percnostola
Scientific:
  Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1789)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.825

Protonym:
  Turdus rufifrons

Type locality:
  Cayenne.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10286#page/326/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  E9FBE71FD1E9E90D

Avibase ID:
  avibase-E9FBE71F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/E9FBE71F

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 918352

English:
Black-headed Antbird [rufifrons or subcristata]
Bulgarian:
Саждена мраволовка (ssp. rufifrons/subcristata)
Catalan:
formiguer de capell (rufifrons/subcristata)
Danish:
Sorthovedet Myrefugl (Hellmayrs)
German:
Schwarzscheitel-Ameisenvogel (rufifrons/subcristata)
Spanish:
Hormiguero Cabecinegro (rufifrons/subcristata)
Spanish (Spain):
Hormiguero cabecinegro (rufifrons/subcristata)
Finnish:
mustalakkimuura (rufifrons/subcristata)
French:
Alapi à tête noire [rufifrons ou subcristata]
Croatian:
crnokruna mravarica (rufifrons/subcristata)
Japanese (romaji):
zuguroaridori (rufifrons/subcristata)
Japanese:
ズグロアリドリ（rufifrons／subcristata）
Dutch:
Roetkopmiervogel (rufifrons/subcristata)
Norwegian:
svartkronemaurfugl (rufifrons/subcristata)
Polish:
białobrzeżek czarnogłowy (rufifrons/subcristata)
Portuguese (Brazil):
formigueiro-de-cabeça-preta/de-hellmayr
Portuguese (Portugal):
formigueiro-de-cabeça-preta (rufifrons/subcristata)
Russian:
Рыжелобая муравьеловка (rufifrons/subcristata)
Slovak:
mravcovka tmavohlavá (skup.)
Serbian:
Zapadna crnoglava mravarka
Swedish:
svartkronad myrfågel (rufifrons/subcristata)
Turkish:
Kara başlı karıncakuşu (rufifrons/subcristata)
Ukrainian:
Аляпі рудоголовий (підвид rufifrons/subcristata)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-headed Antbird [rufifrons or subcristata] ( Percnostola rufifrons [rufifrons or subcristata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
Black-headed Antbird [rufifrons or subcristata] ( Percnostola rufifrons [rufifrons or subcristata])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Alapi à tête noire ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
eBird version 2025:
Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's) ( Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-headed Antbird ( Percnostola rufifrons) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Percnostola rufifrons [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Percnostola rufifrons

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Other synonyms

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Bulgarian: Саждена мраволовка (ssp. rufifrons/subcristata)
Catalan: formiguer de capell (rufifrons/subcristata), formiguera de casquet
Czech: mravenčík černotemenný
Danish: Sorthovedet Myrefugl, Sorthovedet Myrefugl (Hellmayrs)
German: Mohrenkopf-Ameisenvogel, Schwarzscheitel-Ameisenvogel (rufifrons/subcristata)
English: Black-headed Antbird, Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's), Black-headed Antbird [rufifrons or subcristata]
English (Avilist): Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's)
English, HBW: Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's)
English (IOC): Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's)
English (United States): Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's)
Spanish: Alapi à tête noire, Hormiguero Amazónico, Hormiguero cabecinegro, Hormiguero Cabecinegro (rufifrons/subcristata)
Spanish (Colombia): Hormiguero Amazónico
Spanish (Spain): Hormiguero Cabecinegro, Hormiguero Cabecinegro (rufifrons/subcristata)
Spanish (HBW): Black-headed Antbird (Hellmayr's)
Spanish (Peru): Hormiguero de Cabeza Negra, Hormiguero de Cabeza Negra (rufifrons/subcristata)
Spanish (Venezuela): Hormiguero cabecinegro, Hormiguero Cabecinegro (rufifrons/subcristata)
Finnish: Mustalakkimuura, mustalakkimuura (rufifrons/subcristata)
French: Alapi à tête noire, Alapi à tête noire (Hellmayr), Alapi à tête noire [rufifrons ou subcristata], Pisteur à tête noire
French (Guyane): Alapi à tête noire (rufifrons/subcristata)
Croatian: crnokruna mravarica (rufifrons/subcristata)
Italian: Mangiaformiche testanera
Japanese (romaji): zuguroaridori, zuguroaridori (rufifrons/subcristata)
Japanese: ズグロアリドリ, ズグロアリドリ (rufifrons/subcristata), ズグロアリドリ（rufifrons／subcristata）
Scientific: Lanius funebris, Percnostola rufifrons, Percnostola rufifrons [rufifrons or subcristata], Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons, Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons/subcristata, Turdus rufifrons
Lithuanian: Juodagalvė skruzdėpaukštė
Dutch: Roetkopmiervogel, Roetkop-miervogel, Roetkopmiervogel (rufifrons/subcristata)
Norwegian: Svartkronemaurfugl, svartkronemaurfugl (rufifrons/subcristata)
Polish: białobrzeżek czarnogłowy (rufifrons/subcristata), mrowiniec czarnoglowy, Mrowiniec czarnogłowy
Portuguese: formigueiro-de-cabeça-preta, papa-formiga-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Brazil): formigueiro-de-cabeça-preta, formigueiro-de-cabeça-preta/de-hellmayr, papa-formiga-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): formigueiro-de-cabeça-preta (rufifrons/subcristata), Formigueiro-de-hellmayr
Russian: Рыжелобая муравьеловка (rufifrons/subcristata), Черноголовая муравьиная птица
Slovak: mravcovka tmavohlavá, mravcovka tmavohlavá (skup.)
Serbian: Zapadna crnoglava mravarka
Swedish: Svarthuvad myrfågel, svartkronad myrfågel (rufifrons/subcristata)
Turkish: Kara başlı karıncakuşu (rufifrons/subcristata)
Ukrainian: Аляпі рудоголовий, Аляпі рудоголовий (підвид rufifrons/subcristata)
Chinese: 黑头蚁鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭蟻鳥

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