Guatemalan Tyrannulet
Zimmerius vilissimus(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1859)
English (US) Guatemalan Tyrannulet
The Guatemalan Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus) 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: highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala and western El SalvadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Zimmerius vilissimus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Guatemalan Tyrannulet
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1859)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Elainia vilissima
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1859)
- Type locality
- Central America; two specimens from Coban, Guatemala, claimed as 'type' by Sclater, 1888, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 14, p. 132.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.1, vol.1, no.2 p.122 pl.4 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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