Velvety Black-Tyrant Knipolegus nigerrimus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Andrew Farnsworth, Gary Langham, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 2, 2020
Text last updated January 2, 2020
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tirà vellutat |
| Dutch | Fluweelmoortiran |
| English | Velvety Black-Tyrant |
| English (United States) | Velvety Black-Tyrant |
| French | Ada noir |
| French (France) | Ada noir |
| German | Kurzschopf-Dunkeltyrann |
| Japanese | ビロードクロタイランチョウ |
| Norwegian | fløyelssottyrann |
| Polish | wdowik czarny |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | maria-preta-de-garganta-vermelha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Maria-preta-de-garganta-vermelha |
| Russian | Рыжегорлая вдовка |
| Serbian | Somotasta crna tiranka |
| Slovak | pamuchár zamatový |
| Spanish | Viudita Aterciopelada |
| Spanish (Spain) | Viudita aterciopelada |
| Swedish | sammetssottyrann |
| Turkish | Kadife Esmer Tiran |
| Ukrainian | Ада короткочубий |
Knipolegus nigerrimus (Vieillot, 1818)
PROTONYM:
Muscicapa nigerrima
Vieillot, 1818. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 21, p.453.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Brazil; cotypes in Paris Museum from Rio de Janeiro, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 68.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- KNIPOLEGUS
- nigerrima / nigerrimus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Velvety Black-Tyrant
