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Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius)

Parque Olhos d'Água - Brasília, DF, Brazil

 

The Variegated Flycatcher (Empidonomus varius) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, found in South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

 

Known in Brazil as "peitica".

 

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Suborder: Tyranni

Family: Tyrannidae

Subfamily: Tyranninae

Tribe: Tyrannini

Genus: Empidonomus Cabanis & Heine, 1859

Species: E. varius (Vieillot, 1818)

Binomial name: Empidonomus varius

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