Sooty Tyrannulet
Serpophaga nigricans(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Sooty Tyrannulet
The Sooty Tyrannulet (Serpophaga nigricans) 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: southeastern Bolivia to central Argentina, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, and southern BrazilRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Serpophaga nigricans
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sooty Tyrannulet
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia nigricans
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Paraguay and Rio de la Plata; restricted to Paraguay (J. T. Z.).
- 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 11 p.204
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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