Biology:Slender-footed tyrannulet

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Short description: Species of bird

Slender-footed tyrannulet
TyranniscusSmit.jpg
Slender-footed tyrannulet (above), and ashy-headed tyrannulet (below)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Zimmerius
Species:
Z. gracilipes
Binomial name
Zimmerius gracilipes
(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868)
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

References

  • Rheindt, F. E., Norman, J. A., & Christidis, L. (2008). DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers. Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics 48(1): 150–156.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1261133 entry