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Slender-footed tyrannulet

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Slender-footed tyrannulet
Slender-footed tyrannulet (above), and ashy-headed tyrannulet (below)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Zimmerius
Species:
Z. gracilipes
Binomial name
Zimmerius gracilipes
Synonyms
  • Tyranniscus gracilipes

The slender-footed tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in humid forests of the west Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Until recently, it included the Guianan tyrannulet as a subspecies.

Sacha Lodge - Ecuador

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Zimmerius gracilipes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22735526A118572626. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22735526A118572626.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • Rheindt, F. E., Norman, J. A., & Christidis, L. (2008). DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers. Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics 48(1): 150–156.
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