| Black-tailed tityra | |
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| Black-tailed tityra photographed in the Arena Forest Preserve on January 17, 2017 in Trinidad. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tityridae |
| Genus: | Tityra |
| Species: | T. cayana
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| Binomial name | |
| Tityra cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lanius cayanus Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The black-tailed tityra (Tityra cayana) is a medium-sized passerine bird of tropical South America. The tityras have been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher families (Cotingidae and Tyrannidae) by various authors. But the weight of evidence strongly suggest they and their closest relatives are better separated as Tityridae; the AOU for example advocates this separation.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tityra cayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103676987A93792271. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103676987A93792271.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Mobley (2004), SACC (2007)