Twistwing

Twistwings are two species of Tyrant flycatchers from the genus Cnipodectes. They are restricted to northern and western South America and southern Central America. The genus was monotypic until a new species, Cnipodectes superrufus, was described from Peru and Bolivia in 2007.[1] Their common name refers to the modified primaries. The genus contains two species.[2]

Twistwings
Brownish twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Cnipodectes
P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873
Species

2, see text

Species

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Cnipodectes subbrunneusbrownish flycatcher, Brownish twistwingBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.
Cnipodectes superrufusRufous twistwingsouth-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and far western Brazil
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References

  1. Lane, D.F. et al. 2007. A distinctive new species of tyrant flycatcher (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae: Cnipodectes) from Southeastern Peru. The Auk 124:762–772
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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