Species of bird
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The lesser kiskadee (Philohydor lictor) is a species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is the only species in the genus Philohydor. It is found in Brazil, Bermuda, Bolivia, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Guatemala, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and swamps.
The lesser kiskadee was described by the German naturalist and explorer Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1823 and given the binomial name "Lanius lictor". The present genus "Philohydor" was introduced by the American ornithologist Wesley Edwin Lanyon in 1984. The word "Philohydor" is from Ancient Greek "philos" for "-loving" and "hudōr", "water". The specific epithet "lictor" is the Latin word for a magistrate's bodyguard who carried out sentences. It is sometimes placed in the genus "Pitangus" with the great kiskadee.
There are two subspecies:
The lesser kiskadee is in length and weighs around . It lives in eastern Panama and throughout the northern parts of South America, usually near water.
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