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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Passeriformes — thetyrant flycatchers .
Etymologies
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There are 577 species of birds recorded; Tyrannidae is listed as the most diverse family, it contains 28 genera and 60 species.
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The most diverse families are the Tyrannidae and Fringillidae.
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Notes on Knipolegus franciscanis Snethlage, 1928 (Aves: Tyrannidae), an endemism of central Brazilian dry forest.
Atlantic dry forests 2008
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Three of the more important families are the Tyrannidae (23 species,13%), Formicariidae (22 species, 12,5%) and Thraupidae (13 species, 7.3%). 72% were observed in terra-firme environments, 15% on islands and 13% in both.
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Only 75 bird species occur in the valley, with the Columbidae, Tyrannidae, Icteridae, and Fringillidae families sufficiently abundant in the upper valley to be considered characteristic.
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Such are the families of the bush-shrikes and ant-thrushes (Formicariidae), the tyrant-shrikes (Tyrannidae), the
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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(1946: 27) considered the Trochilidae, Tyrannidae, and Icteridae
Birds from Coahuila, Mexico Emil K. Urban
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At a glance she and Summer both know it’s a cinnamon-crested spadebill, Platyrinchus saturatus, of the Tyrannidae family.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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At a glance she and Summer both know it’s a cinnamon-crested spadebill, Platyrinchus saturatus, of the Tyrannidae family.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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