Sirystes

Sirystes
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1888
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Sirystes
Cabanis & Heine, 1859
Species: S. sibilator
Binomial name
Sirystes sibilator
(Vieillot, 1818)
Synonyms
  • Sirystes albocinereus

The Sirystes (Sirystes sibilator) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is sometimes split into the Eastern Syristes S. sibilator and the Western Syristes S. albogriseus.

Distribution and habitat

It is found throughout South America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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