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Pet shop has it labeled as “black fire bird eater”. Google says that equals P petersi. I know there can be color variation, and that Pamphos are a mess, but does this specimen look like petersi?
It looks like it may have had a recent molt, and the shop didn’t have any Latin name on hand from their source for it either. Just “black fire bird eater”.
 
That isn't a P. petersi. You have some kind of Pamphobeteus species, but they're almost impossible to ID since the entire genus is a wreck.
 
Looks like my P. antinous, except that mine never had yellow stripes on the knees. I've never seen a Pampho with yellow stripes on the knees, either. No idea what that is.
 
this is a Pamphobeteus sp. from the loreto region, Peru. sometimes mixed up with another Pamphobeteus sp which is called "petersi", especially here in germany.
 

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