Alectrurus (original) (raw)
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Genus of birds
| Alectrurus | |
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| Cock-tailed tyrant (Alectrurus tricolor), Canastra, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | AlectrurusVieillot, 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 |
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Alectrurus tricolor | Cock-tailed tyrant | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay |
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Alectrurus risora | Strange-tailed tyrant | Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay |
- ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Alectrurus Vieillot, 1816 . Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 2019-08-14.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2019.