Lessonia (bird)

Lessonia is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, found near freshwater lakes and saline marshes.

Lessonia
Andean negrito (Lessonia oreas)
Austral negrito (Lessonia rufa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Lessonia Swainson, 1832
Species
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The genus was erected by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1832 with the Austral negrito (Lessonia rufa) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name was chosen to honour the French Navy surgeon and naturalist René Lesson (1794–1849).[3]

The genus contains two species:[4]

• Andean negrito, Lessonia oreas
• Austral negrito, Lessonia rufa

References

1. Swainson, William John; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America. Part 2. The Birds. London: J. Murray. p. 490. The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume did not appear until 1832.
2. Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 173.
3. Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Lessonia". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.