Fluvicola


Fluvicola is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1827. He designated the type species as the masked water tyrant in 1831. The genus name is derived from a combination of Latin fluvius meaning "river" and -cola meaning "dweller".

Species

The genus contains the following three species:
ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Fluvicola picaPied water tyrantfrom Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina.
Fluvicola albiventerBlack-backed water tyrantcentral and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru
Fluvicola nengetaMasked water tyranteastern and southeastern Brazil, western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru