Fluvicola

Fluvicola is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Fluvicola
Masked water tyrant Fluvicola nengeta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Fluvicola Swainson, 1827
Type species
Fluvicola cursoria[1] = Lanius nengeta Swainson, 1832

The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827.^[2] He designated the type species as the masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) in 1831.^[3][4] The genus name is derived from a combination of Latin fluvius meaning "river" and -cola meaning "dweller".^[5]

Species

The genus contains the following three species:^[6]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Fluvicola pica	Pied water tyrant	from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina.
	Fluvicola albiventer	Black-backed water tyrant	central and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru
	Fluvicola nengeta	Masked water tyrant	eastern and southeastern Brazil, western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru

References

1. "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Swainson, William (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 158–175 [172].
3. Swainson, William (1831). Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals. Series 2. Vol. 2. London: Baldwin, Cradock. Plate 46 text.
4. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2019.