White-winged Black Tyrant
Knipolegus aterrimusKaup, JJ, 1853
English (US) White-winged Black Tyrant
The White-winged Black Tyrant (Knipolegus aterrimus) 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
- Knipolegus aterrimus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- White-winged Black Tyrant
- Described by
- Kaup, JJ, 1853
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Knipolegus aterrimus heterogyna
- Knipolegus aterrimus anthracinus
- Knipolegus aterrimus aterrimus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cnipolegus aterrimus
- Described by
- Kaup, JJ, 1853
- Type locality
- Ayupaya [= Ayopayo] , Cochabamba, and Chuquisaca, Bolivia; restricted to Cochabamba by Hellmayr, 1925, Novit. Zool., 32, p. 317.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 1, no.1 p.29
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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