Northern Tufted Flycatcher
Mitrephanes phaeocercus(Sclater, PL, 1859)
English (US) Northern Tufted Flycatcher
The Northern Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus) 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
- Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1859)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Mitrephanes phaeocercus tenuirostris
- Mitrephanes phaeocercus phaeocercus
- Mitrephanes phaeocercus aurantiiventris
- Mitrephanes phaeocercus berlepschi
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Mitrephorus phaeocercus
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL, 1859)
- Type locality
- 'Mexico merid. et in Guatemala'; type from Cordoba, Veracruz, Mexico, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 228.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.27, no.1 p.44
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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