Sao Francisco Black Tyrant (Knipolegus franciscanus)
About the Sao Francisco Black Tyrant
The Sao Francisco black tyrant (Knipolegus franciscanus), also known as the caatinga black tyrant or Brazilian black tyrant, is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Brazil. The Sao Francisco black tyrant was formally described in 1928 as a subspecies of the white-winged black tyrant (K. aterrimus). By 2008 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) had treated it as a full species. Following a 2012 publication that confirmed its status, other taxonomic systems followed suit, variously calling it the Sao Francisco black tyrant and caatinga black-tyrant. The Sao Francisco black tyrant is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 4 recordings for this species: 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 Brazil in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisrecording
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