The only species of Donacobius, and the only bird in it's family. So why not remove the 'Black-capped' from the name?
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/8
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
600 mm
ISO
250
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/390 sec
Date/Time
Sat 01 Jan 2000 02:21:30 AM EST
English Black-capped Donacobius
Scientific (Donacobius atricapilla)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Donacobiidae
Family (English) Black-capped Donacobius
Other name(s) Donacobius
Breeding Regions MA, SA
Breeding Range Subregions Panama to ne Argentina
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Ecuador - mainland,French Guiana,Guyana,Panama,Paraguay,Peru, Suriname,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
brachypterus Panama and n Colombia
nigrodorsalis s Colombia, e Ecuador and e Peru
atricapilla Venezuela and the Guianas to ne Argentina
albovittatus sw Brazil and Bolivia
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1766)
German Rohrspötter
French Donacobe à miroir
Chinese 黑顶鹪莺
Japanese ミズベマネシツグミ
Russian Черноголовый пересмешник
Spanish Angú
Portuguese japacanim
Bird Data App text Common and vocal in wetlands. Once thought to be a large wren.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)