Long-tailed Tyrant
Colonia colonus(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Long-tailed Tyrant
The Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Colonia colonus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-tailed Tyrant
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Colonia colonus leuconota
- Colonia colonus fuscicapillus
- Colonia colonus poecilonota
- Colonia colonus niveiceps
- Colonia colonus colonus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscicapa colonus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- Paraguay.
- 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 21 p.448
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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