Sayornis

Also known as phoebe, phoebe bird

The genus Sayornis is a small group of medium-sized insect-eating birds, known as phoebes, in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyTyrannidae

Observations recorded12,845,707

Sayornis es un género de aves paseriformes perteneciente a la familia Tyrannidae que agrupa a tres especies originarias de las Américas donde se distribuyen desde Alaska y el este de Canadá, a través de América del Norte, Central y por los Andes de América del Sur hasta el noroeste de Argentina. A sus miembros se les conoce por el nombre vulgar de mosqueros y también atrapamoscas, cazamoscas, papamoscas entre otros.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 13
With media: 1
Family: Tyrannidae
Collections: MIDD, SDNHM, UCM, MSB, PMNS, TTU
Recorded in: United States, Mexico

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Tyrannidae
Image: Sayornis phoebe -Owen Conservation Park, Madison, Wisconsin, USA-8.jpg

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Commons category: Sayornis
taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Sayornis
topic's main category: Category:Sayornis
Commons gallery: Sayornis
taxon common name: phoebe
main food source: insect

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The genus Sayornis is a small group of medium-sized insect-eating birds, known as phoebes, in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

==Taxonomy== The genus Sayornis that was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans) as the type species. The genus name is constructed from the specific part of Bonaparte's name for Say's phoebe, Muscicapa saya, and Ancient Greek ornis meaning "bird". The English Phoebe is a name for the Roman moon-goddess Diana. A large molecular phylogenetic study of the tyrant flycatcher family published in 2020 found that Sayornis was sister to the genus Empidonax.

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