White-headed Marsh Tyrant
Arundinicola leucocephala(Linnaeus, C, 1764)
English (US) White-headed Marsh Tyrant
The White-headed Marsh Tyrant (Arundinicola leucocephala) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Colombia to Trinidad, the Guianas, southern Brazil, and northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Arundinicola leucocephala
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-headed Marsh Tyrant
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1764)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pipra leucocephala
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1764)
- Type locality
- no locality; Surinam designated by Linnaeus, 1766, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 1, p. 340.
- Original description
- Museum S:æ R:æ M:tis Adolphi Friderici Regis Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque (etc.) 2 p.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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