Sao Paulo bristle tyrant
species of bird
The Sao Paulo bristle tyrant (Pogonotriccus paulista), or Sao Paulo tyrannulet (Phylloscartes paulista), is a Near Threatened species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Taxonomy and systematics
The Sao Paulo bristle tyrant was formally described in 1907 by the German-Brazilian naturalists Hermann von Ihering and his son Rodolpho von Ihering. They placed it in the genus Phylloscartes and coined the binomial name Phylloscartes paulista. The type locality was specified as Salto Grande in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The species' English name and specific epithet are from São Paulo state, the type locality. The Sao Paulo bristle tyrant was formerly known in some taxonomic systems as the Sao Paulo tyrannulet.
A comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the suboscines by Mike Harvey and collaborators, published in 2020, found that the then Phylloscartes paulista and several other species were embedded in a clade containing the bristle tyrants in the genus Pogonotriccus. Based on this study, most systems moved the species to the resurrected genus Pogonotriccus and changed its English name from Sao Paulo tyrannulet to Sao Paulo bristle tyrant. However, as of late 2024 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World retain the names Sao Paulo tyrannulet and Phylloscartes paulista.
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