Wagtail-tyrant

The wagtail-tyrants are a genus, Stigmatura, of small South American birds in the family Tyrannidae. They are yellow below and have long black-and-white tails that are frequently cocked.

Wagtail-tyrant
Greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Stigmatura Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1866[1]
Type species
Culicivora budytoides[2] d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species
2-4 described species, see text

Species

The three described species are sometimes further split into two species each (i.e., resulting in a total of four species). Additionally, a possibly undescribed species is found in the Orinoco Basin in Venezuela.^[3]

• Lesser wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura napensis)
• Bahia wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura bahiae)
• Greater wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura budytoides)
  • Caatinga wagtail-tyrant (Stigmatura (budytoides) gracilis)