Piratic Flycatcher
Legatus leucophaius(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
English (US) Piratic Flycatcher
The Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) 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
- Legatus leucophaius
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Piratic Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Legatus leucophaius variegatus
- Legatus leucophaius leucophaius
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Platyrhynchos leucophaius
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1818)
- Type locality
- 'I'Amerique meridionale'; type from Cayenne, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 117.
- 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 27 p.11
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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