Fluvicola

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Fluvicola
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Masked water tyrant
Fluvicola nengeta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Fluvicola
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Fluvicola cursoria [1] = Lanius nengeta
Swainson, 1832

Fluvicola is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827. [2] He designated the type species as the masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) in 1831. [3] [4] The genus name is derived from a combination of Latin fluvius meaning "river" and -cola meaning "dweller". [5]

Species

The genus contains the following three species: [6]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Fluvicola pica (Viudita comun) (14604975354).jpg Fluvicola pica Pied water tyrant from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina.
Black-backed Water-Tyrant - Brazil MG 8606 (16730865190).jpg Fluvicola albiventer Black-backed water tyrant central and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru
Fluvicola nengeta.jpeg Fluvicola nengeta Masked water tyrant eastern and southeastern Brazil, western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru

References

  1. "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Swainson, William (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 158–175 [172].
  3. Swainson, William (1831). Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals. Series 2. Vol. 2. London: Baldwin, Cradock. Plate 46 text.
  4. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 58. ISBN   978-0-9568611-2-2.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 162. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2019.