Riverside Tyrant (Knipolegus orenocensis)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Berlepsch, 1884

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland. From sea-level - 300 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

Riverside Tyrant (Knipolegus orenocensis) [XC522724]
by Dante Buzzetti from Barreira do Campo, Rio Araguaia, Santana do Araguaia, Par\u00e1, Brazil (call)

Riverside Tyrant (Knipolegus orenocensis) [XC118625]
by Jeremy Minns from Ilha Marchantaria, south of Manaus, Brazil (call, song)

Subspecies
Subspecies sclateri possibly a separate species, exhibits marked sexual plumage dimorphism whereas nominate and xinguensis do not. Insufficient information currently available to enable full assessment of taxonomy.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

orenocensis Berlepsch, 1884 - Eastern Colombia (north-eastern Meta) and central Venezuela (lower R Apure and upper R Orinoco east to Ciudad Bol��var).
sclateri Hellmayr, 1906 - North-eastern Ecuador (R Napo) through north-eastern Peru (eastern Loreto) to north-central Brazil (R Madeira east to R Tapaj�s). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Sclater's Black-tyrant (Knipolegus sclateri).
xinguensis von Berlepsch, 1912 - Eastern Brazil (lower R Xingu and R Araguaya).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Riverside Tyrant (Knipolegus orenocensis) - 10 files

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