White-bellied tyrannulet
White-bellied tyrannulet | |
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at Santa Fe Province, Argentina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Serpophaga |
Species: | S. munda
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Binomial name | |
Serpophaga munda Berlepsch, 1893
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Synonyms | |
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The white-bellied tyrannulet (Serpophaga munda) is a small species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It breeds in the Andes of Bolivia and northern Argentina ; it migrates as far east as Uruguay. It is found in open forest, woodland and various open habitats with scattered trees. It is closely related to, and by several authorities considered a subspecies of the white-crested tyrannulet, which has a yellow belly. There is complete intergradation between them in belly color and they do not seem to differ vocally. Another yellow-bellied (occasionally white-bellied) and on average shorter-tailed, vocally distinct species, the Straneck's tyrannulet, was for a period mistakenly referred to by the scientific name Serpophaga griseiceps, but that name is a junior synonym of Serpophaga munda.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Serpophaga munda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Serpophaga
- Birds of the Southern Andean Yungas
- Birds described in 1893
- Tyrant flycatcher stubs