Black-Tyrants
Knipolegus
Knipolegus is a genus of South American birds, the black tyrants, in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was erected by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the blue-billed black tyrant as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek knips meaning "insect" and legō meaning "to pick".
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Blue-billed Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus cyanirostris
White-winged Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus aterrimus
Crested Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus lophotes
Velvety Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus nigerrimus
Cinereous Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus striaticeps
Rufous-tailed Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus poecilurus
Hudson's Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus hudsoni
Plumbeous Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus cabanisi
Caatinga Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus franciscanus
Amazonian Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus poecilocercus
Riverside Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus orenocensis
Jelski's Black-Tyrant
speciesKnipolegus signatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 16802.