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Amazonian Royal Flycatcher

Onychorhynchus coronatus swainsoni

Classification

Class
Aves

The tropical royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus) is a passerine bird that most taxonomic systems place in family Onychorhynchidae. It is found in Mexico, south through most of Central America, and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Taxonomy The tropical royal flycatcher was formally described in 1776 by the German zoologist Philipp Statius Müller under the binomial name Muscicapa coronata.

Distribution

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Brazil · 1,224