Fluvicola
Genus of birds
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Fluvicola is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
| Fluvicola | |
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| Masked water tyrant Fluvicola nengeta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Fluvicola Swainson, 1827 |
| Type species | |
| Fluvicola cursoria[1] = Lanius nengeta Swainson, 1832 | |
The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827.[2] He designated the type species as the masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) in 1831.[3][4] The genus name is derived from a combination of Latin fluvius meaning "river" and -cola meaning "dweller".[5]
Species
The genus contains the following three species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_(14604975354).jpg) | Fluvicola pica | Pied water tyrant | from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina. |
.jpg) | Fluvicola albiventer | Black-backed water tyrant | central and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru |
 | Fluvicola nengeta | Masked water tyrant | eastern and southeastern Brazil, western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru |
