Biology:Knipolegus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Knipolegus | |
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| White-winged black tyrant near Machu Picchu, Peru | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Knipolegus F. Boie, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa cyanirostris Vieillot, 1818
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Knipolegus is a genus of birds, the black tyrants, in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was erected by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the blue-billed black tyrant as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek knips meaning "insect" and legō meaning "to pick".[3]
Species
The genus contains the following 12 species:[4]
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Blue-billed black tyrant | Knipolegus cyanirostris | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. |
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Jelski's black tyrant | Knipolegus signatus | southern Ecuador to northwestern Argentina. |
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Plumbeous tyrant | Knipolegus cabanisi | southeastern Peru, western Bolivia and northern Argentina. |
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Cinereous tyrant | Knipolegus striaticeps | Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina |
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White-winged black tyrant | Knipolegus aterrimus | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. |
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Hudson's black tyrant | Knipolegus hudsoni | central Argentina and winters northwards, reaching Bolivia and Paraguay. |
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Rufous-tailed tyrant | Knipolegus poecilurus | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Riverside tyrant | Knipolegus orenocensis | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Amazonian black tyrant | Knipolegus poecilocercus | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Crested black tyrant | Knipolegus lophotes | Brazil, Uruguay and northeastern Paraguay |
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Velvety black tyrant | Knipolegus nigerrimus | Brazil |
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Sao Francisco black tyrant or Caatinga black tyrant | Knipolegus franciscanus | Brazil. |
References
- ↑ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen" (in German). Isis von Oken 19: Cols 969–981 [973 Fn. 2]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27511178.
- ↑ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 173. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14500950.
- ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2019). "Knipolegus". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/knipolegus. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q1082200 entry
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