Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Piratic Flycatcher
Common Names in French:
Tyran Pirate
Common Names in German:
Legat
Common Names in Japanese:
ホオジロタイランチョウ
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 323 meters (0 to 1,060 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Tyranni
()
- Infraorder:
Tyrannides
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Parvorder:
Tyrannida
()
- Family:
Tyrannidae
()
- Vigors, 1825
- Subfamily:
Tyranninae
()
- Genus:
Legatus
()
- Sclater, PL 1859
- Specific name:
leucophaius
- Subspecies:
leucophaius
- Scientific name: - Legatus leucophaius leucophaius (Vieillot) 1818
- Subspecies:
leucophaius
- Specific name:
leucophaius
- Genus:
Legatus
(
- Subfamily:
Tyranninae
(
- Family:
Tyrannidae
(
- Parvorder:
Tyrannida
(
- Infraorder:
Tyrannides
(
- Suborder:
Tyranni
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Legatus leucophaius (Vieillot
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Legatus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. leucophaius (Piratic Flycatcher) · L. leucophaius leucophaius (Piratic Flycatcher)
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Further Reading
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- A contribution to the ornithology of northeastern Brazil, by Charles E. Hellmayr. 12 1929 Chicago, 1929. url p. 310.
- Birds of Volcn de Chiriqu, Panama. 36 1958 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1958. url p. 536.
- Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in Field Museum of Natural History. initiated by Charles B. Cory, continued by Charles E. Hellmayr. 13 1927 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1927. url p. 117, p. 118.
- Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 219.
- Field book of birds of the Panama Canal Zone; a description on the habits, call notes and songs of the birds of the Panama Canal Zone, for the purpose of identifying them. Many of these birds are also common in Central and South America. By Bertha Bement Sturgis; with over 100 illustrations, colour plates, pen-and-ink sketches, and a map of the Panama Canal Zone. London, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1928. url .
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13907625
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 832372
Footnotes
- Mean = 130.950 meters (429.626 feet), Standard Deviation = 145.080 based on 19 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
