Black-capped Donacobius
Donacobius atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1766)
Donacobiidae — Black-capped Donacobius
Black-capped Donacobius, Donacobius atricapilla, is a passerine of Middle America and South America, breeding from Panama to north-eastern Argentina. It belongs to the family Donacobiidae and is the only species in its genus and family. It is found across the northern half of South America, with many records in Amazonian wetlands and in places with dense aquatic or semi-aquatic growth. Its range also reaches beyond the Amazon Basin into Panama, northern Colombia, western Venezuela, the Orinoco system, south-eastern coastal and inland Brazil, Paraguay and the far north of Argentina.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Donacobiidae — Black-capped Donacobius
- Breeding range
- Middle America, South America: Panama to ne Argentina
