Rufous-tailed Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilurus)
About the Rufous-tailed Tyrant
The rufous-tailed tyrant (Knipolegus poecilurus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. The rufous-tailed tyrant was formally described in 1862 as Empidochanes poecilurus. Later authors placed it genera Cnemotriccus and by itself in Eumyiobius. A 1937 publication placed it in its current genus Knipolegus. The rufous-tailed tyrant has these five subspecies: K. p. poecilurus (Sclater, PL, 1862) K. p. venezuelanus (Hellmayr, 1927) K. p. paraquensis Phelps, WH & Phelps, WH Jr, 1949 K. p. salvini (Sclater, PL, 1888) K. p. peruanus (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896) However, each subspecies is as variable as the species as a whole and there are no significant genetic differences among them.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 24 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND. 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 Colombia, Ecuador, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Riverside TyrantKnipolegus orenocensisrecording
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