Orange-fronted plushcrown
Orange-fronted plushcrown | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Furnariidae |
Genus: | Metopothrix P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1866 |
Species: | M. aurantiaca
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Binomial name | |
Metopothrix aurantiaca | |
The orange-fronted plushcrown (Metopothrix aurantiaca) is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is the only member of the genus Metopothrix.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Metopothrix aurantiaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22702679A130275861. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22702679A130275861.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Furnariidae
- Birds of the Amazon Basin
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon
- Birds of the Peruvian Amazon
- Birds described in 1866
- Taxa named by Philip Sclater
- Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
- Furnariidae stubs