Red-fronted Antpecker - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by AdamRiley
Kakum National Park, Ghana, December 2011

Parmoptila rubrifrons

Distribution

Found from Liberia (Mount Nimba) to southern Mali and south-central Ghana.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It has in the past been regarded as conspecific with Jameson's Antpecker (and before as a subspecies of Woodhouse's Antpecker).

Habitat

Subtropical/ tropical lowland moist forest

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Red-fronted Antpecker. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-fronted_Antpecker

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