Zimmerius improbus

Zimmerius improbus, Serranía del Perijá, Colombia-Venezuela border

Zimmerius improbus — distribution map

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tyrannida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Eusaurischia Subordo: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Classis/Infraclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Subclassis/Parvclassis: Neornithes Infraclassis/Cohors: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Tyranni Infraordo: Tyrannides Parvordo: Tyrannida

Familia: Tyrannidae
Genus: Zimmerius
Species: Zimmerius improbus
Subspecies: Z. i. improbus – Z. i. tamae

Name

Zimmerius improbus (P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1871)

• Type locality: Mérida, Venezuela.

Synonyms

• Tyranniscus improbus (protonym)
• Zimmerius vilissimus improbus (P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1871)

References

Primary references

• Sclater, P.L. & Salvin, O. 1870. Descriptions of new Species of Birds from the United States of Columbia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt.3: 840–844, pl.53. BHL Reference page.  Original description p. 841 BHL pl. 53 fig. 3 BHL

Additional references

• Rheindt, F.E., Cuervo, A.M. & Brumfield, R.T. 2013. Rampant polyphyly indicates cryptic diversity in a clade of Neotropical flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 889–900. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02036.x Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Rheindt, F.E., Fujita, M.K., Wilton, P.R. & Edwards, S.V. 2014. Introgression and phenotypic assimilation in Zimmerius flycatchers (Tyrannidae): population genetic and phylogenetic inferences from genome-wide SNPs. Systematic Biology 63: 134–152. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syt070Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Specious tyrannulet
español: Mosquerito serrano

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