Myiodynastes | |
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Golden-crowned flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Myiodynastes Bonaparte, 1857 |
Type species | |
Myiodynastes audax [1] Bonaparte, 1857 | |
Species | |
Myiodynastes bairdii |
Myiodynastes is a genus of birds in the family Tyrannidae. Created by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857, the genus contains five species which are collectively referred to as "sulphur-bellied flycatchers"; that name is also given to one of the individual species in the genus. [2] The genus name Myiodynastes is a compound word composed from two Greek words: muia, meaning "fly" and dunastẽs, meaning "ruler". [3]
The genus contains five species: [4]
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The genus Sayornis is a small group of medium-sized insect-eating birds, known as phoebes, in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The streaked flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.
Pyrocephalus is a genus of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae.
Myiarchus is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. Most species are fairly similar in appearance and are easier to separate by voice than by plumage.
The ash-throated flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family.
Elaenia is a genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family which occur in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Except by voice, specific identification is often difficult since many species are very similar. They are also known by the common name elaenia, which they share with the similar tyrant flycatchers of the genus Myiopagis.
The sulphur-bellied flycatcher is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southeasternmost Arizona of the United States to Costa Rica. They are short distance migrants, spending winters in the eastern Andean foothills of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil, and are passage migrants over the southern portions of Central America.
Ramphotrigon is a genus of tyrant flycatchers in the family Tyrannidae.
Fluvicola is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
Hemitriccus is a genus of small South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are commonly known as tody-tyrants or bamboo tyrants, but the former name is also shared with several members of the genus Poecilotriccus. Several species from the genus Hemitriccus are very similar, and consequently best separated by their voice.
Lophotriccus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
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The golden-crowned flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.
Neoxolmis is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
Poecilotriccus is a genus of small flycatchers in the family Tyrannidae. Except for the recently described Johnson's tody-flycatcher, all have, at one point or another, been included in the genus Todirostrum. Some species have been known as tody-tyrants instead of tody-flycatchers. Most species are found in South America, but a single species, the slate-headed tody-flycatcher, is also found in Central America. The black-chested tyrant may also belong in this genus, but most place it in the monotypic genus Taeniotriccus.
Todirostrum is a genus of Neotropical birds in the New World flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
Tolmomyias is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is one of the two genera containing the "flatbills"; the other is Rhynchocyclus.
Trochocercus is a genus of bird in the family Monarchidae. Described by Jean Cabanis in 1850, the name Trochocercus is a combination of the Greek words trokhos meaning "circular" or "round" and kerkos, meaning "tail".
Zimmerius is a genus of Neotropical birds in the family Tyrannidae.