Black-capped antwren | |
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female at Dourado, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Thamnophilidae |
Genus: | Herpsilochmus |
Species: | H. atricapillus |
Binomial name | |
Herpsilochmus atricapillus Pelzeln, 1868 | |
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The black-capped antwren was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given its current binomial name Herpsilochmus atricapillus. [2]
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