Slender-footed tyrannulet

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Slender-footed tyrannulet
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Slender-footed tyrannulet (above), and ashy-headed tyrannulet (below)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Zimmerius
Species:
Z. gracilipes
Binomial name
Zimmerius gracilipes
Zimmerius gracilipes map.svg
Synonyms
  • Tyranniscus gracilipes

The slender-footed tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in humid forests of the west Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Until recently, it included the Guianan tyrannulet as a subspecies.

Sacha Lodge - Ecuador Slender-footed Tyrannulet.jpg
Sacha Lodge - Ecuador

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Zimmerius gracilipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22735526A118572626. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735526A118572626.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.