Kinglet Calyptura
Calyptura cristata(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Kinglet Calyptura
The Kinglet Calyptura (Calyptura cristata) 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: southeastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro area); undocumented since 1860 and probably extinctRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Calyptura cristata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Kinglet Calyptura
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pardalotus cristatus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Brazil; type from Rio de Janeiro, fide Hellmayr, 1929, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 6, p. 127.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 24 p.528
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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