Biology:Wagtail-tyrant

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Short description: Genus of birds

Wagtail-tyrant
Stigmatura budytoides 1847.jpg
Greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Stigmatura
Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866[1]
Type species
Culicivora budytoides[2]
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
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 three 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.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q938777 entry