Atlantic Royal Flycatcher
Onychorhynchus swainsoni(Pelzeln, A, 1858)
English (US) Atlantic Royal Flycatcher
The Atlantic Royal Flycatcher (Onychorhynchus swainsoni) 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 Onychorhynchidae (Royal Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Paraná)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Onychorhynchus swainsoni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Atlantic Royal Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Pelzeln, A, 1858)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Muscivora Swainsoni
- Described by
- (Pelzeln, A, 1858)
- Type locality
- Juan Fernandez; error, restricted to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 260.
- Original description
- Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 31 p.325
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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