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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
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Piratic Flycatcher
Described by
(Vieillot, LJP, 1818)

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Recognised subspecies

The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.

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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