Greenish schiffornis
The greenish schiffornis (Schiffornis virescens), also greenish mourner or greenish manakin (not to be confused with the green manakin), is a species of bird in the family Tityridae. It has traditionally been placed in the manakin family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae,[2] where it is now placed by the South American Classification Committee.
| Greenish schiffornis | |
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| at Serra da Cantareira State Park, São Paulo State, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tityridae |
| Genus: | Schiffornis |
| Species: | S. virescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Schiffornis virescens (Lafresnaye, 1838) | |
It is found in southern Brazil, also eastern Paraguay, and extreme northeastern Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.
The egg shapes for this bird can range from oval to elliptical shapes. It usually breeds between October and February, which is a common breeding time for forest birds.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Schiffornis virescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Adopt the Family Tityridae Archived 2008-05-08 at the Wayback Machine - South American Classification Committee (2007)
External links
- "Greenish mourner" videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Greenish schiffornis photo gallery VIREO Photo-High Res
- Photo-High Res; Article ib.usp.br—"Tityridae"
- Marini, Miguel Angelo, and Neander Marcel Heming. "Breeding of the Greenish Schiffornis (Schiffornis virescens, Tityridae)." REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ORNITOLOGIA 25.4 (2017): 269–272.
