Zimmerius | |
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Guatemalan tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Zimmerius Traylor, 1977 |
Type species | |
Tyrannulus chrysops Sclater, 1859 | |
Species | |
see text |
Zimmerius is a genus of Neotropical birds in the family Tyrannidae.
The genus was erected by the American ornithologist Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. in 1977 with the golden-faced tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops) as the type species. [1] The name Zimmerius was chosen to honour the American ornithologist John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957) who specialised in the classification of Neotropical birds. [2]
The genus contains 15 species: [3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | Guatemalan tyrannulet | Zimmerius parvus | southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and southern Belize. |
![]() | Spectacled tyrannulet | Zimmerius improbus | northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela |
![]() | Venezuelan tyrannulet | Zimmerius petersi | Venezuela |
![]() | Bolivian tyrannulet | Zimmerius bolivianus | Bolivia and Peru. |
![]() | Red-billed tyrannulet | Zimmerius cinereicapilla | Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru |
![]() | Mishana tyrannulet | Zimmerius villarejoi | northeastern Peru. |
![]() | Chico's tyrannulet | Zimmerius chicomendesi | Brazil. |
![]() | Slender-footed tyrannulet | Zimmerius gracilipes | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. |
![]() | Guianan tyrannulet | Zimmerius acer | east Amazon Basin and northeastern Brazil. |
![]() | Golden-faced tyrannulet | Zimmerius chrysops | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
![]() | Coopmans's tyrannulet | Zimmerius minimus | Colombia and Venezuela. |
![]() | Choco tyrannulet | Zimmerius albigularis | western Colombia and western Ecuador |
![]() | Loja tyrannulet | Zimmerius flavidifrons | southwestern Ecuador. |
![]() | Peruvian tyrannulet | Zimmerius viridiflavus | southern Ecuador. |