Passeriformes / Thamnophilidae / Percnostola

Black-headed Antbird

Percnostola rufifrons

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Guillaume Delaitre · CC_BY_4_0

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)

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.