Wagtail-tyrant
Genus of birds
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The wagtail-tyrants are a genus, Stigmatura, of small South American birds in the family Tyrannidae. They are yellow below and have long black-and-white tails that are frequently cocked.
| Wagtail-tyrant | |
|---|---|
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| Greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Stigmatura Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866[1] |
| Type species | |
| Culicivora budytoides[2] d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 | |
| Species | |
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2-4 described species, see text | |
Species
The three described species are sometimes further split into two species each (i.e., resulting in a total of four species). Additionally, a possibly undescribed species is found in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela.[3]
- Lesser wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura napensis)
- Bahia wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura bahiae)
- Greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
- Caatinga wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides gracilis)
