Venezuelan tyrannulet

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Venezuelan tyrannulet
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Venezuelan tyrannulet on bottom.

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Zimmerius
Species:
Z. petersi
Binomial name
Zimmerius petersi
Zimmerius petersi map.svg

The Venezuelan tyrannulet (Zimmerius petersi) is a species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in northern Venezuela.

The Venezuelan tyrannulet was formerly considered to be conspecific with Zimmerius improbus (now spectacled tyrannulet) but the two species were split after a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that they were not closely related.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Zimmerius petersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T104009008A104076645. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T104009008A104076645.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Rheindt, F.E.; Cuervo, A.M.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Rampant polyphyly indicates cryptic diversity in a clade of Neotropical flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 108 (4): 889–900. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02036.x.
  3. ^ 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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