- Tit-Tyrants
Taxobox
name = Tit-Tyrants
image_caption =Agile Tit-Tyrant ("Anairetes agilis")
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Tyrannidae
genus = "Anairetes"
genus_authority = Reichenbach, 1850
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="8, see text"The Tit-Tyrants are a group of small, mainly
Andean ,tyrant flycatcher s in the genus "Anairetes". It includes the genus "Uromyias", which formerly was recognized based on syringial andplumage characters, but now is known to be imbedded within "Anairetes". [Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, T. S. Schulenberg, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, & K. J. Zimmer. 2007. [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html "A classification of the bird species of South America."] American Ornithologists' Union. Accessed 12 December 2007.]pecies
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Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant , "Anairetes alpinus"
*Marañón Tit-Tyrant or Black-crested Tit-Tyrant, "Anairetes nigrocristatus"
*Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant , "Anairetes reguloides"
*Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant , "Anairetes flavirostris"
*Juan Fernández Tit-Tyrant , "Anairetes fernandezianus"
*Tufted Tit-Tyrant , "Anairetes parulus"
*Agile Tit-Tyrant , "Anairetes agilis" - previously in genus "Uromyias"
*Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant , "Anairetes agraphia" - previously in genus "Uromyias"References
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