Twistwings | |
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Brownish twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: |
Cnipodectes P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 |
Species | |
2, see text |
Twistwings are two species of Tyrant flycatchers from the genus Cnipodectes. They are restricted to northern and western South America and southern Central America. The genus was monotypic until a new species, Cnipodectes superrufus, was described from Peru and Bolivia in 2007. [1] Their common name refers to the modified primaries. The genus contains two species. [2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Cnipodectes subbrunneus | brownish flycatcher, Brownish twistwing | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. | |
Cnipodectes superrufus | Rufous twistwing | south-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and far western Brazil |