Antpecker
The antpeckers are a genus ''Parmoptila'' of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They range across the tropical forests of western and central Africa. Taxonomy The genus ''Parmoptila'' was introduced in 1859 by the American ornithologist John Cassin to accommodate Woodhouse's antpecker. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ... ''parmē'', the word for a small round shield, and ''ptilon'' meaning "feather". Species The genus contains three species: References Birds of the African tropical rainforest {{Estrildidae-stub ...
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