Alectrurus
Cock-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus tricolor), Canastra, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Alectrurus
Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Gallita tricolor[1]
Vieillot, 1816
Species

2, see text

Synonyms[2]
  • Alectorurus Gloger, 1842
  • Alectrura Reichenbach, 1850
  • Alectrururus Giebel, 1872
  • Alectura Swainson, 1837
  • Alecturus Temminck, 1822

Alectrurus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

The genus contains the following two species:[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Alectrurus tricolor Cock-tailed tyrant Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay
Alectrurus risora Strange-tailed tyrant Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay

References

  1. ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Alectrurus Vieillot, 1816 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 2019-08-14.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2019.


Categories