| Rusty-margined flycatcher | |
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| M. c. cayanensis Chagres River,Panama | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiozetetes |
| Species: | M. cayanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Myiozetetes cayanensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
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| Synonyms | |
Muscicapa cayanensisLinnaeus, 1766 | |
Therusty-margined flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis) is a species ofbird in the familyTyrannidae, thetyrant flycatchers.
It is found in northern and centralSouth America inBolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Ecuador,French Guiana,Guyana,Peru,Suriname, andVenezuela; also easternPanama. Its naturalhabitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowlandforests and heavily degraded former forest.
In 1760 the French zoologistMathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the rusty-margined flycatcher in hisOrnithologie based on a specimen collected inCayenne in French Guiana. He used the French nameLe gobe-mouche de Cayenne and the LatinMuscicapa Cayanensis.[2] Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to thebinomial system and are not recognised by theInternational Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.[3] When in 1766 the Swedish naturalistCarl Linnaeus updated hisSystema Naturae for thetwelfth edition, he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson.[3] One of these was the rusty-margined flycatcher. Linnaeus included a brief description, used Brisson's Latin name as thebinomial nameMuscicapa cayanensis and cited Brisson's work.[4] This species is now placed in the genusMyiozetetes that was introduced by the English zoologistPhilip Sclater in 1859 .[5] Foursubspecies are recognised.[6]
