Pygmy tyrant
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| Pygmy tyrant | |
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| Eared Pygmy Tyrant | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiornis W. Bertoni, 1901 |
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The pygmy tyrants, are a bird genus, Myiornis, in the Tyrannidae family. Discounting the hummingbirds, they are some of the smallest birds in the world.
The following species are contained in Myiornis:
- White-bellied Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis albiventris)
- Eared Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis auricularis)
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus)
- Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus)
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