Zimmerius | |
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Guatemalan tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: |
Zimmerius Traylor, 1977 |
Type species | |
Tyrannulus chrysops
Sclater, 1859
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Species | |
see text |
Zimmerius is a genus of Neotropical birds in the family Tyrannidae.
The genus was erected by the American ornithologist Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. in 1977 with the golden-faced tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops) as the type species. [1] The name Zimmerius was chosen to honour the American ornithologist John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957) who specialised in the classification of Neotropical birds. [2]
The genus contains 15 species: [3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Guatemalan tyrannulet | Zimmerius parvus | southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and southern Belize. | |
Spectacled tyrannulet | Zimmerius improbus | northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela | |
Venezuelan tyrannulet | Zimmerius petersi | Venezuela | |
Bolivian tyrannulet | Zimmerius bolivianus | Bolivia and Peru. | |
Red-billed tyrannulet | Zimmerius cinereicapilla | Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru | |
Mishana tyrannulet | Zimmerius villarejoi | northeastern Peru. | |
Chico's tyrannulet | Zimmerius chicomendesi | Brazil. | |
Slender-footed tyrannulet | Zimmerius gracilipes | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. | |
Guianan tyrannulet | Zimmerius acer | east Amazon Basin and northeastern Brazil. | |
Golden-faced tyrannulet | Zimmerius chrysops | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. | |
Coopmans's tyrannulet | Zimmerius minimus | Colombia and Venezuela. | |
Choco tyrannulet | Zimmerius albigularis | western Colombia and western Ecuador | |
Loja tyrannulet | Zimmerius flavidifrons | southwestern Ecuador. | |
Peruvian tyrannulet | Zimmerius viridiflavus | southern Ecuador. |