Fluvicola
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Fluvicola is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
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Fluvicola | |
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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 |
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The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William John 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]