Black-headed Antbird

Percnostola rufifrons

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Thamnophilidae
Genus
Percnostola
eBird Code
blhant3

Vocalizations

Guillaume Delaitre · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Percnostola rufifrons jensoni

    northeastern Peru (Quebrada Orán in Loreto)

  • Percnostola rufifrons minor

    eastern Colombia to southwestern Venezuela and northwestern Amazonian Brazil

  • Percnostola rufifrons rufifrons

    Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and northeastern Amazonian Brazil (northeastern Roraima, and Rio Trombetas eastward to Amapá)

  • Percnostola rufifrons subcristata

    northern Brazil (lower Rio Negro to Rio Trombetas)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.