Amazonian Black Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus)
About the Amazonian Black Tyrant
The Amazonian black-tyrant (Knipolegus poecilocercus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is particularly native to riverbanks of the Amazon rainforest. The Amazonian black tyrant was formally described by August von Pelzeln in 1868 as Empidochanes coecilocerecus. It was later transferred to genus Phaeotriccus which was still later merged into Knipolegus. The Amazonian black tyrant is monotypic. It is called "maria-preta-do-igapó" in Brazilian Portuguese, "Viudita-negra Amazónica" in Ecuadorian and Peruvian Spanish, and "Atrapamoscas Remoloncito" in Venezuelan Spanish.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 14 recordings for this species: 7 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, Colombia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.