Twistwing
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Twistwings are two species of Tyrant flycatchers from the genus Cnipodectes. They are restricted to northern and western South America and southern Central America. The genus was monotypic until a new species, Cnipodectes superrufus, was described from Peru and Bolivia in 2007. Their common name refers to the modified primaries. The genus contains two species.
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It sits within the topics Birds of the Amazon rainforest, Cnipodectes and Taxa named by Osbert Salvin.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Tyrannidae
- Image
- Cnipodectes subbrunneus - Brownish twistwing, Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg
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- Commons category
- Cnipodectes
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Cnipodectes
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- Cnipodectes
- topic's main category
- Category:Cnipodectes
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Twistwings are two species of Tyrant flycatchers from the genus Cnipodectes. They are restricted to northern and western South America and southern Central America. The genus was monotypic until a new species, Cnipodectes superrufus, was described from Peru and Bolivia in 2007. Their common name refers to the modified primaries. The genus contains two species.
==Species==
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