Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni Scientific name definitions

11 cm; one male 9·5 g. Male has forehead red, face unmarked bright rufous, crown and upperparts dark greyish olive-brown, upperwing and tail brown; underparts uniformly rufous-chestnut; iris brownish-red; bill black; legs light brown. Female is greyish olive-brown above, unmarked rufous from ear-coverts to chin and throat; breast to undertail-coverts olive to light buff, feathers edged brown to olive-brown (scaly pattern). Juvenile has crown and upperparts like adult female, face brown (rather than rufous), throat and underparts uniformly warm brown.

W, NC & NE DRCongo, W Uganda (Albertine Rift) and extreme NW Tanzania (Minziro Forest).

Few details; "whseet" call recorded.

Not globally threatened (Least Concern). Fairly common. Frequent to common in DRCongo, where main populations in NE from Ituri and Itombwe S to Kivu; common at 880–1600 m in Itombwe. Uncommon in Uganda, where restricted to W forests: Kibale Forest and Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest National Parks, as well as Bwamba Forest (within Semliki National Park) and Budongo and Kalinzu Forest Reserves. Uncommon in Tanzania, where recorded only in Minziro Forest Reserve (1 Fisher, D., and N. Hunter (2016). East African Rarities Committee Report 2013–2015. Scopus 36(2):57–64. Close ).