Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
Countryside near DF-100 road - Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
The species is found in tropical swamps and wetlands of South America and also in Panama.
Its familial placement is not established, and ornithologists disagree as to its closest relations. A current proposal to the SACC would create a monotypic family, Donacobiidae, for this species, but this is not universally accepted.
Known in Brazil as "japacanim".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Family: Donacobiidae
Genus: Donacobius Swainson, 1831
Species: D. atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
Binomial name: Donacobius atricapilla
Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
Countryside near DF-100 road - Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
The species is found in tropical swamps and wetlands of South America and also in Panama.
Its familial placement is not established, and ornithologists disagree as to its closest relations. A current proposal to the SACC would create a monotypic family, Donacobiidae, for this species, but this is not universally accepted.
Known in Brazil as "japacanim".
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Suborder: Passeri
Family: Donacobiidae
Genus: Donacobius Swainson, 1831
Species: D. atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
Binomial name: Donacobius atricapilla