Venezuelan_tyrannulet

Venezuelan tyrannulet

Venezuelan tyrannulet

Species of bird

The Venezuelan tyrannulet (Zimmerius petersi) is a species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in northern Venezuela.

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The Venezuelan tyrannulet was formerly considered to be conspecific with Zimmerius improbus (now spectacled tyrannulet) but the two species were split after a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that they were not closely related.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2016). "Zimmerius petersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T104009008A104076645. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T104009008A104076645.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Rheindt, F.E.; Cuervo, A.M.; Brumfield, R.T. (2013). "Rampant polyphyly indicates cryptic diversity in a clade of Neotropical flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 108 (4): 889–900. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02036.x.
  3. [3]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.


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