Nesotriccus | |
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Southern mouse-colored tyrannulet (Nesotriccus murinus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: |
Nesotriccus Townsend, CH, 1895 |
Type species | |
Nesotriccus ridgwayi
[1] C.H. Townsend, 1895
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Nesotriccus is a genus of Central and South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus contains five species: [2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Nesotriccus murinus | Southern mouse-colored tyrannulet | the Guianas and Amazonia to eastern Brazil, Paraguay and northwest Argentina |
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Nesotriccus incomtus | Northern mouse-colored tyrannulet | southern Costa Rica and Panama through Colombia and northeast Ecuador to Venezuela, Trinidad, and Guyana |
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Nesotriccus ridgwayi | Cocos tyrannulet | Cocos Island |
Nesotriccus tumbezanus | Tumbesian tyrannulet | southwest Ecuador and northwest Peru | |
Nesotriccus maranonicus | Maranon tyrannulet | northeastern Peru |
The Tumbesian tyrannulet was formerly considered conspecific with the widespread southern mouse-colored tyrannulet. The two species are visually very similar, but vocally distinct. [3]
Nesotriccus | |
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Southern mouse-colored tyrannulet (Nesotriccus murinus) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: |
Nesotriccus Townsend, CH, 1895 |
Type species | |
Nesotriccus ridgwayi
[1] C.H. Townsend, 1895
|
Nesotriccus is a genus of Central and South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus contains five species: [2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Nesotriccus murinus | Southern mouse-colored tyrannulet | the Guianas and Amazonia to eastern Brazil, Paraguay and northwest Argentina |
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Nesotriccus incomtus | Northern mouse-colored tyrannulet | southern Costa Rica and Panama through Colombia and northeast Ecuador to Venezuela, Trinidad, and Guyana |
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Nesotriccus ridgwayi | Cocos tyrannulet | Cocos Island |
Nesotriccus tumbezanus | Tumbesian tyrannulet | southwest Ecuador and northwest Peru | |
Nesotriccus maranonicus | Maranon tyrannulet | northeastern Peru |
The Tumbesian tyrannulet was formerly considered conspecific with the widespread southern mouse-colored tyrannulet. The two species are visually very similar, but vocally distinct. [3]