Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Snowy-throated Kingbird (Tyrannus niveigularis) - HBW 9, p. 419
French: Tyran chimu
German: Schneekehl-Königstyrann
Spanish: Tirano Gorginíveo
Taxonomy: Tyrannus niveigularis P. L. Sclater, 1860, Babahoyo, Los Ríos, Ecuador.
Closest relatives of genus may be Empidonomus and Tyrannopsis; recent molecular-sequence data indicate present genus is monophyletic and sister-group to clade that includes Empidonomus and Griseotyrannus; two main clades within genus, loosely corresponding to “tropical species assemblage” and combination of “W” & “E” species groups of earlier authors, but with some exceptions; present species appears to be most basal to an expanded “tropical group” that also includes T.albogularis, T. melancholicus, T. couchii, T. dominic.. View all taxonomy...
Closest relatives of genus may be Empidonomus and Tyrannopsis; recent molecular-sequence data indicate present genus is monophyletic and sister-group to clade that includes Empidonomus and Griseotyrannus; two main clades within genus, loosely corresponding to “tropical species assemblage” and combination of “W” & “E” species groups of earlier authors, but with some exceptions; present species appears to be most basal to an expanded “tropical group” that also includes T.albogularis, T. melancholicus, T. couchii, T. dominicensis and T. savana. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme SW Colombia (SW Nariño), W Ecuador (from C Manabí S, including La Plata I, to El Oro and extreme SW Loja) and W Peru (S to Ancash).
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Bird perched on wire
Locality Cerro Blanco Protected Forest, Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador
mark sutton 28 June 2005 2 years ago 2.5 -
A bird perchin on a wire
Locality Milpe, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 30 September 2009 2 years ago 2.3
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