Twistwings | |
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Brownish twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Cnipodectes P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 |
Species | |
2, see text |
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.[1] Their common name refers to the modified primaries. The genus contains two species.[2]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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brownish flycatcher, Brownish twistwing | Cnipodectes subbrunneus (Sclater, PL, 1860) |
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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Rufous twistwing | Cnipodectes superrufus Lane, Servat, Valqui & Lambert, 2007 |
south-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and far western Brazil![]() |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
VU
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Cnipodectes |
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