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Wagtail tyrant

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Stigmatura

Higher classification
  
Tyrant flycatcher

Order
  
Passerine

Family
  
Tyrannidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Wagtail-tyrant

Lower classifications
  
Greater wagtail‑tyrant, Lesser wagtail‑tyrant

Birds of venezuela lesser wagtail tyrant stigmatura napensis


The wagtail-tyrants are a genus, Stigmatura, of small South American birds in the family Tyrannidae. They are yellow below and have long black-and-white tails that are frequently cocked.

Contents

Lesser wagtail tyrant stigmatura napensis


Species

The two described species are sometimes further split into two species each (i.e., resulting in a total of four species). Additionally, a possibly undescribed species is found in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela.

  • Lesser wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura napensis)
  • Bahia wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura (napensis) bahiae)
  • Greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
  • Caatinga wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura (budytoides) gracilis)
  • References

    Wagtail-tyrant Wikipedia


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