Pitangus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Genus
- Pitangus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Pitangus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pitangus
The great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus), called bem-te-vi in Brazil, pitogue in Paraguay, benteveo or bichofeo in Argentina and Uruguay, luis bienteveo, pitabil, luis grande or chilera in Mexico, and cristofué in Venezuela, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is the only member of the genus Pitangus.
It breeds in open woodland with some tall trees, including cultivation and around human habitation. It is found from the southern United States south to Argentina. It was introduced to Bermuda in 1957, and to Tobago in about 1970.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Agriornis
- Alectrurus
- Anairetes
- Aphanotriccus
- Arundinicola
- Atalotriccus
- Attila
- Calyptura
- Camptostoma
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- Casiornis
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- Guyramemua
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- Inezia
- Knipolegus
- Lathrotriccus
- Legatus
- Leptopogon
- Lessonia
- Lophotriccus
- Machetornis
- Mecocerculus
- Megarynchus
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- Mitrephanes
- Muscigralla
- Muscipipra
- Muscisaxicola
- Myiarchus
- Myiodynastes
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- Myiophobus
- Myiornis
- Myiotheretes
- Myiotriccus
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- Nephelomyias
- Nesotriccus
- Ochthoeca
- Ochthornis
- Oncostoma
- Ornithion
- Phelpsia
- Philohydor
- Phyllomyias
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- Pitangus
- Platyrinchus
- Poecilotriccus
- Pogonotriccus
- Polystictus
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- Pseudocolopteryx
- Pseudotriccus
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- Satrapa
- Sayornis
- Serpophaga
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- Stigmatura
- Sublegatus
- Suiriri
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- Tachuris
- Taeniotriccus
- Todirostrum
- Tolmomyias
- Tyrannopsis
- Tyrannulus
- Tyrannus
- Uromyias
- Xenotriccus
- Xolmis
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