Scarlet flycatcher

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Scarlet flycatcher
in the Pantanal, Brazil

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Pyrocephalus
Species:
P. rubinus
Binomial name
Pyrocephalus rubinus
(Boddaert, 1783)

The scarlet flycatcher or austral vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) is a species of flycatcher, closely related to the vermilion flycatcher. It is found in southeastern Bolivia and Brazil, Paraguay to Argentina and Uruguay. It is recognized as a species by some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union. Others still consider it to be a subspecies of the vermilion flycatcher.

Taxonomy

The scarlet flycatcher was described by the French polymath

monotypic.[7] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" and -kephalos meaning "-headed". The specific epithet rubinus is Medieval Latin for "ruby-coloured".[8]

The scarlet flycatcher was formerly considered to be

molecular phylogenetic study published in 2016.[7][9]

Description

The scarlet flycatcher appears very similar to the vermilion flycatcher, but can be distinguished by its pointier wings. Their songs are also quite distinctive. Their range and breeding times do not generally overlap with the vermilion flycatcher.[9]

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103682912A118649386.en
    . Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ^ Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc de (1779). "Le rubin ou gobe-mouche rouge huppé de la Rivière des Amazones". Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux (in French). Vol. 8. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale. pp. 351–352.
  3. Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie (1765–1783). "Gobe-mouche rouge hupé"
    . Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle. Vol. 7. Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale. Plate 675 Fig. 2.
  4. ^ Boddaert, Pieter (1783). Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton : avec les denominations de M.M. de Buffon, Brisson, Edwards, Linnaeus et Latham, precedé d'une notice des principaux ouvrages zoologiques enluminés (in French). Utrecht. p. 42, Number 675 Fig. 2.
  5. hdl:2246/4748
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  6. ^ Gould, John (1841). Darwin, Charles (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Part III. Birds. London: Smith, Elder and Company. p. 44.
  7. ^ a b c Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  8. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
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    PMID 27233443
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