White-winged Black Tyrant (Knipolegus aterrimus)
About the White-winged Black Tyrant
The white-winged black tyrant (Knipolegus aterrimus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and as a vagrant to Brazil and Chile. The white-winged black tyrant was formally described in 1853 as Cnipolegus aterrimus. The genus' spelling was later changed to Knipolegus. What is now Knipolegus franciscanus was long treated as a subspecies of K. aterrimus. By 2008 HBW had treated it as a full species. Following a 2012 publication that confirmed its status, other taxonomic systems followed suit, though they variously call it the Sao Francisco black tyrant and caatinga black-tyrant.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 41 recordings for this species: 14 CC BY-NC-ND · 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisrecording
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