Sirystes
Genus of birds
Sirystes | |
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Sibilant sirystes Sirystes sibilator | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Sirystes Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
Type species | |
Muscicapa sibilator[1] Vieillot, 1818 |
Sirystes is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae. They used to be all considered conspecific. Vocal differences primarily separated the superspecies into four distinct taxa.
The genus contains four species:[2]
- Sibilant sirystes, Sirystes sibilator
- Western sirystes, Sirystes albogriseus
- White-rumped sirystes, Sirystes albocinereus
- Todd's sirystes, Sirystes subcanescens
References
Further reading
- Donegan, T.M. (2013). "Vocal variation and species limits in the genus Sirystes (Tyrannidae)" (PDF). Conservacion Colombiana. 19: 11–30.
External links
Data related to Sirystes at Wikispecies
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Genera of passerines and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Psittacopasseres
- Order: Passeriformes
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