Slender-footed tyrannulet
| Slender-footed tyrannulet | |
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| Slender-footed tyrannulet (above), and ashy-headed tyrannulet (below) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Zimmerius |
| Species: | Z. gracilipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Zimmerius gracilipes (Sclater & Salvin, 1867) | |
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The slender-footed tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in humid forests of the west Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Until recently, it included the Guianan tyrannulet as a subspecies.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Zimmerius gracilipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- Rheindt, F. E., Norman, J. A., & Christidis, L. (2008). DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers. Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics 48(1): 150-156.
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