Fluvicola
| Fluvicola | |
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| Masked water tyrant Fluvicola nengeta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Fluvicola Swainson, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Fluvicola cursoria[1] = Lanius nengeta Swainson, 1832
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Fluvicola is a
Tyrannidae
.
The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1827.[2] He designated the type species as the masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) in 1831.[3][4] The genus name is derived from a combination of Latin fluvius meaning "river" and -cola meaning "dweller".[5]
Species
The genus contains the following three species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Fluvicola pica | Pied water tyrant | from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. |
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Fluvicola albiventer | Black-backed water tyrant | central and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru |
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Fluvicola nengeta | Masked water tyrant | eastern and southeastern Brazil, western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru |
References
- ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Swainson, William John (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 158–175 [172].
- ^ Swainson, William John (1831). Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals. Series 2. Vol. 2. London: Baldwin, Cradock. Plate 46 text.
- ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2019.