Wagtail-tyrant | |
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Greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides) | |
Scientific classification | |
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
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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.
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]