Guianan Tyrannulet
Zimmerius acer(Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1883)
English (US) Guianan Tyrannulet
The Guianan Tyrannulet (Zimmerius acer) 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: eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northeastern Brazil north of the Amazon River and east of the Rio Branco and Rio Negro; populations south of the Amazon River (west to the lower Rio Madeira, eastward to Ceará and Alagoas) included here, but may represent an undescribed taxonRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zimmerius acer
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Guianan Tyrannulet
- Described by
- (Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1883)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tyranniscus acer
- Described by
- (Salvin, O; Godman, FD, 1883)
- Type locality
- Bartica Grove and Camucusa, British Guiana; specimen from Bartica Grove claimed as type by Sclater, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 134.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.5, vol.1, no.2 p.206
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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