Sclater's tyrannulet (Phyllomyias sclateri) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Sclater's tyrannulet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Phyllomyias
Species:
P. sclateri
Binomial name
Phyllomyias sclateri
Berlepsch, 1901

The common name and the Latin binomial commemorate the British zoologist Philip Lutley Sclater.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Phyllomyias sclateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22699097A93714835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22699097A93714835.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304.