Fluvicola is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was introduced by the English naturalist William Swainson in 1827. He designated the type species as the masked water tyrant (Fluvicola nengeta) in 1831. The genus name is derived from a combination of Latin fluvius meaning "river" and -cola meaning "dweller".
Species
The genus contains the following three species:
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Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Fluvicola pica
Pied water tyrant
from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina.
Fluvicola albiventer
Black-backed water tyrant
central and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru
Fluvicola nengeta
Masked water tyrant
eastern and southeastern Brazil, western Ecuador, and coastal border regions of northwest Peru
