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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Tyrannidae .
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As endemic birds of the archipelago (San Andrés and Providencia) we have: Coccyzus minor abbotti (species of cuckoo), Anthracothorax prevostii hendersoni (the only hummingbird on the archipelago), and two passeriforms, Tiaris bicolor grandior (grass bird) and Elaenia martinica cinerascens.
Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests 2007
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Six terrestrial birds are found of which three are endemic: the Noronho vireo, or sebito Vireo gracilirostris (VU D2), the cucurata Elaenia spectabilis ridleyana, and the arribaçã Zenaida auriculata noronha.
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