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 (''Fluvicola nengeta'') 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: References

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Masked Water Tyrant
The masked water tyrant (''Fluvicola nengeta'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers, one of three in the genus ''Fluvicola''. Distribution and habitat It is found in its major range in eastern and southeastern Brazil in the caatinga and extreme eastern cerrado, and also Atlantic coastal regions; a second smaller disjunct range (biology), range occurs on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific side of South America in western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Gallery File:Fluvicola nengeta-standing.jpg, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro File:Fluvicola nengeta-tail.jpg, :pt:Forte Duque de Caxias, Forte Duque de Caxias References External links "Masked water tyrant" videoson the Internet Bird CollectionVIREO [http://vireo.acnatsci.org/species_image.php?species=Fluvicola+nengeta Photo-(Close-up)] * < ...
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