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Fluvicola
	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 = Lanius nengeta; Swainson, 1832

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.^[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]

Species

The genus contains the following three species:^[6]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Fluvicola pica	Pied water tyrant	from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina.
Fluvicola albiventer	Black-backed water tyrant	central and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru
Fluvicola nengeta	Masked water tyrant	eastern and southeastern Brazil, western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru

References

^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ Swainson, William John (1827). "On several groups and forms in ornithology, not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 158–175 [172].
^ Swainson, William John (1831). Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals. Series 2. Vol. 2. London: Baldwin, Cradock. Plate 46 text.
^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 July 2019.