Attilan.
/əˈtɪlə/, /ˈatɪlə/, U.S. /əˈtɪlə/ A genus of tropical American flycatchers (family Tyrannidae) characterized by a large hooked bill; attila n. a bird of this genus.
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1907 R. Ridgway Birds North & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 50) IV. 804 (heading) Gray-headed attila.
1951 G. M. Sutton Mexican Birds 227/2 The last, sometimes called the Polymorphic Attila (8 inches), varies from olive to rufous above and from white to yellow below, but always has a yellow rump and gray streaking on the chest.
1970 R. Meyer de Schauensee Guide Birds S. Amer. 296/1 Bright-rumped attila... Differs from other attilas..by contrasting bright yellow to tawny buff rump and upper tail coverts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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