Tyrannus

Belongs within: Tyranninae.

Tyrannus is a genus of tyrant flycatchers with short legs and the tips of the outermost primaries more or less attenuated.

<==Tyrannus Lacépède 1799 [incl. Milvulus Swainson 1827; Milvulinae]B94
    |  i. s.: T. albogularisJT12
    |         T. cubensisJT12
    |         T. ludovicianus [=Muscicapa ludovicianus]J23
    |         T. niveigularisJT12
    |         T. violentusB66
    |--+--T. tyrannus (Linnaeus 1758)BKB15, U93 [=Lanius tyrannusS05; incl. T. pipiri Helms 1904S04, Muscicapa pipiriJ23]
    |  `--T. vociferansBKB15
    `--+--+--T. caudifasciatusBKB15
       |  `--EmpidonomusBKB15
       |       |--E. aurantioatrocristatusBKB15 [=Tyrannus aurantioatrocristatusSS66; incl. T. inca Licht. ex Sclater 1861SS66]
       |       `--E. variusBKB15
       `--+--+--T. forficatusBKB15
          |  `--T. verticalisBKB15
          `--+--T. savanaBKB15
             `--+--T. crassirostrisBKB15
                `--+--T. melancholicusBKB15
                   |    |--T. m. melancholicusFS55
                   |    |--T. m. chloronotusFS55
                   |    `--T. m. satrapaS18
                   `--+--T. couchiiBKB15
                      `--T. dominicensisBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[B66] Burmeister, H. 1866. Extract from a letter addressed to Mr. Sclater on the Tyrannidae found near Buenos Ayres. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 2.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1–2): 9–19.

[J23] James, E. 1823. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and ’20, by order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, sec’y of war: under the command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and other gentlemen of the exploring party vol. 1. H. C. Carey & I. Lea: Philadelphia.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[S05] Schalow, H. 1905. Die Vögel der Arktis. In: Römer, F., & F. Schaudinn (eds) Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellun der arktischen Tierformen, mit besonder Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 vol. 4 pp. 79–288. Gustav Fischer: Jena.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

[U93] Unwin, D. M. 1993. Aves. In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 717–737. Chapman & Hall: London.