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Wagtail-tyrant

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Wagtail-tyrant
Greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Stigmatura
Sclater & Salvin, 1866[1]
Species

2-4 described species, see text

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.

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sclater, P. L.; Salvin, Osbert (1866). "Catalogue of Birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Ucayali, Eastern Peru, with Notes and Descriptions of New Species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 34: 188. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1866.tb00419.x.
  2. ^ Engblom, G. (2009). A new species of Spinetail from Venezuela. Rio Orinoco Spinetail Synallaxis beverlyae. Accessed 28 May 2011