Rufescent Flycatcher
Myiophobus rufescens(Salvadori, AT, 1864)
English (US) Rufescent Flycatcher
The Rufescent Flycatcher (Myiophobus rufescens) 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.
Range: west of the Andes from northern Peru (southern Lambayeque) southward to far northern Chile (Arica)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myiophobus rufescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufescent Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1864)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Myiobius rufescens
- Described by
- (Salvadori, AT, 1864)
- Type locality
- Brazil; error, Lima, Peru suggested by Zimmer, 1930, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 17, p. 380
- Original description
- Atti della SocietĂ Italiana di Scienze Naturali 7 p.152
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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