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