Sublegatus is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Sublegatus
Northern scrub flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Sublegatus
Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1868
Type species
Sublegatus glaber[1]
P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1868

The genus contains three species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Sublegatus arenarum Northern scrub flycatcher Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Sublegatus modestus Southern scrub flycatcher Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay
Sublegatus obscurior Amazonian scrub flycatcher or Todd's scrub flycatcher Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

References

edit
  1. ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.