Scarlet flycatcher

Scarlet flycatcher
in the Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Tyrannidae
Genus:Pyrocephalus
Species: P. rubinus
Binomial name
Pyrocephalus rubinus
(Boddaert, 1783)

The scarlet flycatcher or austral vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus) is a species of flycatcher, closely related to the vermilion flycatcher. It is found in southeastern Bolivia and Brazil, Paraguay to Argentina and Uruguay. It is recognized as a species by some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union. Others still consider it to be a subspecies of the vermilion flycatcher.

When Pieter Boddaert first described the scarlet flycatcher in 1783, from a specimen collected in Tefé, Brazil, he assigned it to the genus Muscicapa, believing it to be related to the many Old World flycatchers already belonging to that genus.[2] By the 1830s, however, taxonomists realized that Old World and New World flycatchers were not closely related, and the New World birds were moved from their former genera.

References

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  1. ↑ BirdLife International. 2017. Pyrocephalus rubinus (amended version of assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103682912A118649386. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103682912A118649386.en. Downloaded on 30 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 Farnsworth and Lebbin (2004), p. 375.
  3. ↑ Hume, Julian P.; Walters, Michael (2012). Extinct Birds. London, UK: A & C Black. p. 227. ISBN 978-1-4081-5861-6.
  4. ↑ Olivares, Antonio; Munves, J. A. (October 1973). "Predatory Behavior of Smooth-Billed Ani" (PDF). The Auk. 90 (4): 891. doi:10.2307/4084373.
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