Choco sirystes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Sirystes |
| Species: | S. albogriseus
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| Sirystes albogriseus (Lawrence, 1863)
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The Choco sirystes (Sirystes albogriseus), formerly known as the western sirystes, is a species of passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Panama, northwest Colombia and northwest Ecuador. It was formerly considered to be conspecific with the sibilant sirystes.
Taxonomy
[edit]The Choco sirystes was formally described in 1863 by the American amateur ornithologist George Newbold Lawrence under the binomial name Lipaugus albogriseus.[2] The specific epithet combines the Latin albus with the Medieval Latin griseum meaning "grey".[3] Lawrence did not mention a type locality but Osbert Salvin and Frederick DuCane Godman, in their book Biologia Centrali-Americana, reported that the specimen had come from "Lion Hill".[4] This was a railway station in the Panama Canal Zone that was submerged when the Gatun Lake was created.[5] The Choco sirystes is now one of four species placed in the genus Sirystes that was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine.[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]It is found from Panama to northwestern Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Sirystes albogriseus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T103682304A118647671. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103682304A118647671.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Lawrence, George Newbold (1867). "Catalogue of a collection of birds, made in New Granada, by James McLeannan, Esq., of New York, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part IV". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 8 (published 1863): 1-46 [9].
- ^ Jobling, James A. "albogriseus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ^ Salvin, Osbert; Godman, Frederick DuCane (1888–1904). Biologia Centrali-Americana: Aves. Vol. 2. London: R.H. Porter. p. 47.
- ^ Smithsonian Institution (1912). "Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 59 (11): 15-26 [20, Figure 21].
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
- Donegan, T.M. 2013b. Vocal variation and species limits in the genus Sirystes (Tyrannidae). Conservacion Colombiana 19: 11–30.
- South American Classification Committee (May 1, 2014). "Proposal (#610) to South American Classification Committee – Split Sirystes into two (A) or four (B) species". Retrieved August 9, 2014.
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