Zimmerius is a genus of Neotropical birds in the family Tyrannidae.
Taxonomy
The genus was erected by the American ornithologist Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. in 1977 with the golden-faced tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops) as the type species. The name Zimmerius was chosen to honour the American ornithologist John Todd Zimmer (1889-1957) who specialised in the classification of Neotropical birds.
Species
The genus contains 13 species:
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Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Red-billed tyrannulet
Zimmerius cinereicapilla
Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru
Mishana tyrannulet
Zimmerius villarejoi
northeastern Peru
Chico's tyrannulet
Zimmerius chicomendesi
Brazil
Guianan tyrannulet
Zimmerius acer
east Amazon Basin and northeastern Brazil
Guatemalan tyrannulet
Zimmerius vilissimus
highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala and western El Salvador
Mistletoe tyrannulet
Zimmerius parvus
lowlands from eastern Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras southward to Panama and far northwestern Colombia (Chocó)
Choco tyrannulet
Zimmerius albigularis
western Colombia and western Ecuador
Spectacled tyrannulet
Zimmerius improbus
northeast Colombia and northwest Venezuela
Golden-faced tyrannulet
Zimmerius chrysops
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Peruvian tyrannulet
Zimmerius viridiflavus
southern Ecuador.
Bolivian tyrannulet
Zimmerius bolivianus
Bolivia and Peru
Venezuelan tyrannulet
Zimmerius petersi
Venezuela
Slender-footed tyrannulet
Zimmerius gracilipes
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Loja tyrannulet
Zimmerius flavidifrons
southwestern Ecuador.
