Spectacled tyrannulet

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Spectacled tyrannulet
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Zimmerius
Species:
Z. improbus
Binomial name
Zimmerius improbus
(Sclater & Salvin, 1871)
Zimmerius improbus map.svg

The spectacled tyrannulet, specious tyrannulet or mountain tyrannulet (Zimmerius improbus) is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It occurs in Venezuela and Colombia.

The spectacled tyrannulet was described in 1871 by the English naturalists Philip Sclater and Osbert Salvin under the binomial name Tyranniscus improbus.[2] It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Guatemalan tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus).[3][4]

There are two subspecies:[4]

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Zimmerius improbus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T104008963A112284037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T104008963A112284037.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Sclater, P.L.; Salvin, O. (1871). "Description of five new species of birds from the United States of Columbia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 840–844 [841]. The volume is dated 1870 but was not published until 1871.
  3. ^ "Proposal (441): Split Zimmerius improbus from Z. vilissimus". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
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