| Lessonia | |
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| Andean negrito (Lessonia oreas) | |
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| Austral negrito (Lessonia rufa) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Lessonia Swainson, 1832 |
| Species | |
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Lessonia is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, found near freshwater lakes and saline marshes.
The genus was erected by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1832 with the Austral negrito (Lessonia rufa) as the type species.[1][2] The genus name was chosen to honour the French Navy surgeon and naturalist René Lesson (1794–1849).[3]
Species
The genus contains two species:[4]
| Male | Female | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
_on_the_ground,_side_view.jpg')) | _(8077619521).jpg')) | Lessonia oreas | Andean negrito | central Peru south into western Bolivia, down into north eastern Chile and northern Argentina |
) | ) | Lessonia rufa | Austral negrito | Argentina and Chile, migrating north as far as Bolivia, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay |
References
- ^ Swainson, William John; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna boreali-americana, or, The zoology of the northern parts of British America. Part 2. The Birds. London: J. Murray. p. 490. The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume did not appear until 1832.
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 173.
- ^ Jobling, J.A. (2019). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Lessonia". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive: Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.