Uromyias
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| Uromyias | |
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| Agile tit-tyrant (Uromyias agilis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Uromyias Hellmayr, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Euscarthmus agilis[1] Sclater, 1856 | |
| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Uromyias is a genus of small Andean, tyrant flycatchers known as tit-tyrants. They were formerly recognized based on syrinxial and plumage characters, including a flatter crest and a longer tail, but was included within Anairetes due to genetic analysis.[2]: 177 [3] Recent analyses suggested splitting into Uromyias again.[4]
The tit-tyrants are fairly small birds (11–14 cm) that get their common name from the tit family, due to their energetic tit-like dispositions and appearance, primarily in their crests.[2]: 177 Tit-tyrants live in temperate or arid scrub habitats and are mainly found in the Andes mountains.[2]: 177 It is one of only a few genera of small flycatchers that occur at such high altitudes.[2]: 190
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