Knipolegus
| Knipolegus | |
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| White-winged black tyrant near Macchu Picchu, Peru | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Knipolegus F. Boie, 1826 |
Knipolegus is the genus of black tyrants, birds in the Tyrannidae family.
It contains the following species:
- Cinereous tyrant, Knipolegus striaticeps
- Hudson's black tyrant, Knipolegus hudsoni
- Amazonian black tyrant, Knipolegus poecilocercus
- Jelski's black tyrant, Knipolegus signatus
- Plumbeous tyrant, Knipolegus cabanisi
- Blue-billed black tyrant, Knipolegus cyanirostris
- Rufous-tailed tyrant, Knipolegus poecilurus
- Riverside tyrant, Knipolegus orenocensis
- White-winged black tyrant, Knipolegus aterrimus
- Sao Francisco black tyrant or Caatinga black tyrant, Knipolegus franciscanus
- Velvety black tyrant, Knipolegus nigerrimus
- Crested black tyrant, Knipolegus lophotes
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