Zimmerius

Zimmerius chrysops

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: Z. acer – Z. albigularis – Z. bolivianus – Z. chrysops – Z. chicomendesi – Z. cinereicapilla – Z. flavidifrons – Z. gracilipes – Z. improbus – Z. minimus – Z. parvus – Z. petersi – Z. vilissimus – Z. villarejoi – Z. viridiflavus

Name

Zimmerius Traylor, 1977

• Typus: Tyrannulus chrysops P.L. Sclater, 1859 = Zimmerius chrysops

References

Primary references

• Traylor, M.A., Jr. 1977. A Classification of the Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 148 no.4: 129–184. Cambridge. Mass. USA. BHLReference page.  p. 147

Additional references

• Rheindt, F.E., Norman, J.A. & Christidis, L. 2008b. DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48:150-156. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.016Reference page. 
• 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: Tyrannulets
español: Mosqueritos

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