Percnostola

Percnostola is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the family Thamnophilidae.

Percnostola
Black-headed antbird (Percnostola rufifrons)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Thamnophilidae
Genus:	Percnostola Cabanis & Heine, 1860
Type species
Lanius funebris[1] Lichtenstein, 1823
Species
see text

The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1860.^[2] The type species is the black-headed antbird.^[3] The name of the genus comes from the Ancient Greek words perknos meaning "dark" or "dusky" and stolē meaning "dress" or "clothing".^[4]

The genus contains two species:^[5]

• Black-headed antbird (Percnostola rufifrons)
• Allpahuayo antbird (Percnostola arenarum)

The genus previously included the white-lined antbird but a genetic study published in 2013 found that it is embedded within Myrmoborus.^[6]