| Fluvicola | |
|---|---|
|   | |
| Masked water tyrant Fluvicola nengeta | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| 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]
The genus contains the following three species: [6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution | 
|---|---|---|---|
|   | Fluvicola pica | Pied water tyrant | from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. | 
|   | Fluvicola albiventer | Black-backed water tyrant | central and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru | 
|   | Fluvicola nengeta | Masked water tyrant | eastern and southeastern Brazil, western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru |