Anairetes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Tyrannides
Parvordo: Tyrannida
Familia: Tyrannidae
Genus: Anairetes
Species: A. agilis - A. agraphia - A. alpinus - A. fernandezianus - A. flavirostris - A. nigrocristatus - A. parulus - A. reguloides

Name

Anairetes Reichenbach, 1850

Reference

Avium systema naturale pl.LXVI

The Tit-Tyrants are a group of small, mainly Andean, tyrant flycatchers in the genus Anairetes. It includes the genus Uromyias, which formerly was recognized based on syringial and plumage characters, but now is known to be imbedded within Anairetes.[1]

Species

* Ash-breasted Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes alpinus
* Marañón Tit-Tyrant or Black-crested Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes nigrocristatus
* Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes reguloides
* Yellow-billed Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes flavirostris
* Juan Fernández Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes fernandezianus
* Tufted Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes parulus
* Agile Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes agilis - previously in genus Uromyias
* Unstreaked Tit-Tyrant, Anairetes agraphia - previously in genus Uromyias

References

1. ^ Remsen, J. V., Jr., C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, T. S. Schulenberg, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz, & K. J. Zimmer. 2007. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists' Union. Accessed 12 December 2007.