Sirystes

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Sirystes
Sirystes sibilator Sirystes.JPG
Sibilant sirystes
Sirystes sibilator
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Sirystes
Cabanis & Heine, 1860
Type species
Muscicapa sibilator
Vieillot, 1818

Sirystes is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae that are found in Middle and South America. They used to be all considered conspecific. Vocal differences were used to separated the superspecies into four distinct taxa.

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Taxonomy

The genus Sirystes was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine to accommodate a single species, Muscicapa sibilator Vieillot, 1818, the sibilant sirystes. This is therefore considered to be the type species. [1] [2] The genus name is from Ancient Greek συριστης/suristēs meaning "piper" from συριζω/surizō meaning "to play the pipes". [3] The four species in the genus were formerly all considered to be conspecific. [2] The subspecies were separated based primarily on the differences in their vocalization. [4]

The genus contains four species: [5]

References

  1. ↑ Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1860). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German). Vol. 2. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 75.
  2. 1 2 Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 193.
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A. "Sirystes". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Donegan, T.M. (2013). "Vocal variation and species limits in the genus Sirystes (Tyrannidae)" (PDF). Conservacion Colombiana. 19: 11–30.
  5. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 April 2025.


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