| Knipolegus | |
|---|---|
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| White-winged black tyrant nearMachu Picchu, Peru | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Knipolegus F. Boie, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa cyanirostris Vieillot, 1818 | |
Knipolegus is agenus of South American birds, theblack tyrants, in the tyrant flycatcher familyTyrannidae.
The genus was erected by the German zoologistFriedrich Boie in 1826 with theblue-billed black tyrant as thetype species.[1][2] The genus name combines theAncient Greekknips meaning "insect" andlegō meaning "to pick".[3]
The genus contains the following 12 species:[4]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Blue-billed black tyrant | Knipolegus cyanirostris | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. |
.jpg) | Jelski's black tyrant | Knipolegus signatus | Peru |
_(8077590131).jpg) | Plumbeous tyrant | Knipolegus cabanisi | southeastern Peru, western Bolivia and northern Argentina. |
%2c_Chancan%25C3%25AD_natural_Reserve%2c_C%25C3%25B3rdoba%2c_Argentina.jpg) | Cinereous tyrant | Knipolegus striaticeps | Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina |
 | White-winged black tyrant | Knipolegus aterrimus | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. |
_(15958650301).jpg) | Hudson's black tyrant | Knipolegus hudsoni | central Argentina and winters northwards, reaching Bolivia and Paraguay. |
_(14021842042).jpg) | Rufous-tailed tyrant | Knipolegus poecilurus | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. |
%3b_Marchantaria_island%2c_Iranduba%2c_Amazonas%2c_Brazil.jpg) | Riverside tyrant | Knipolegus orenocensis | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
.jpg) | Amazonian black tyrant | Knipolegus poecilocercus | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela. |
_no_Parque_Nacional_da_Serra_da_Canastra.jpg) | Crested black tyrant | Knipolegus lophotes | Brazil, Uruguay and northeastern Paraguay |
 | Velvety black tyrant | Knipolegus nigerrimus | Brazil |
 | Sao Francisco black tyrant or Caatinga black tyrant | Knipolegus franciscanus | Brazil. |
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