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Knipolegus

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Knipolegus
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Knipolegus is a genus of birds, the black tyrants, in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

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The genus was erected by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the blue-billed black tyrant as the type species.[1][2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek knips meaning "insect" and legō meaning "to pick".[3]

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Species

The genus contains the following 12 species:[4]

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