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Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus savana · Family Tyrannidae
Tyrannus savana
Family Tyrannidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 314,213
- Countries and territories with records
- 44
About this species
This species has 314,213 occurrence records from 44 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Argentina (25.8%), Brazil (21.8%), Colombia (16.9%), Panama (7.2%) and Belize (5.2%); together they account for 76.9% of the total. In Argentina, this species accounts for 0.53% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tyrannus savana combines the genus name Tyrannus with the species epithet savana. The Warbla app catalog lists 13 species of the genus Tyrannus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tyrannus tyrannus, Tyrannus melancholicus and Tyrannus verticalis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 423 species of the family Tyrannidae. This species ranks 31st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Sayornis phoebe. Its record count is 2.3 times the family average (137,762). The family Tyrannidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.