Handsome flycatcher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Nephelomyias |
Species: | N. pulcher |
Binomial name | |
Nephelomyias pulcher (Sclater, PL, 1861) | |
Synonyms | |
Myiophobus pulcher |
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