Twistwing

Twistwings are two species of Tyrant flycatchers from the genus Cnipodectes. They are restricted to northern and western South America and southern Central America. The genus was monotypic until a new species, Cnipodectes superrufus, was described from Peru and Bolivia in 2007.[1] Their common name refers to the modified primaries. The genus contains two species.[2]

Twistwings
Brownish twistwing (Cnipodectes subbrunneus)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Cnipodectes
P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873
Species

2, see text

Species
Genus Cnipodectes – P.L. Sclater & Salvin, 1873 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
brownish flycatcher, Brownish twistwing

Cnipodectes subbrunneus
(Sclater, PL, 1860)		 Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.
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Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 


Rufous twistwing

Cnipodectes superrufus
Lane, Servat, Valqui & Lambert, 2007		 south-eastern Peru, northern Bolivia and far western Brazil
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  VU 



References
  1. Lane, D.F. et al. 2007. A distinctive new species of tyrant flycatcher (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae: Cnipodectes) from Southeastern Peru. The Auk 124:762–772
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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