| Zimmerius | |
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| Guatemalan tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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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]
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Guatemalan tyrannulet | Zimmerius parvus | southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and southern Belize. |
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Spectacled tyrannulet | Zimmerius improbus | northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela |
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Venezuelan tyrannulet | Zimmerius petersi | Venezuela |
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Bolivian tyrannulet | Zimmerius bolivianus | Bolivia and Peru. |
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Red-billed tyrannulet | Zimmerius cinereicapilla | Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru |
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Mishana tyrannulet | Zimmerius villarejoi | northeastern Peru. |
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Chico's tyrannulet | Zimmerius chicomendesi | Brazil. |
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Slender-footed tyrannulet | Zimmerius gracilipes | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. |
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Guianan tyrannulet | Zimmerius acer | east Amazon Basin and northeastern Brazil. |
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Golden-faced tyrannulet | Zimmerius chrysops | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Coopmans's tyrannulet | Zimmerius minimus | Colombia and Venezuela. |
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Choco tyrannulet | Zimmerius albigularis | western Colombia and western Ecuador |
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Loja tyrannulet | Zimmerius flavidifrons | southwestern Ecuador. |
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Peruvian tyrannulet | Zimmerius viridiflavus | southern Ecuador. |