Ochthoeca

Ochthoeca
Brown-backed chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca fumicolor)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Ochthoeca Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Fluvicola oenanthoides [1] d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species
see text

Ochthoeca is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Ochthoeca was introduced in 1847 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. His listed two species in the genus but did not specify the type species. ^[2] In 1855 the English zoologist George Gray designated the type as Fluvicola oenanthoides D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant. ^{[3] [4]} The genus name combines the Ancient Greek οχθος/okhthos meaning "bank" or "mound" with οικος/oikos meaning "dwelling". ^[5]

Species

The genus contains nine species: ^[6]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Slaty-backed chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris	Colombia to northern Peru
	Blackish chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca nigrita	Venezuela
	Maroon-belted chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca thoracica	eastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia.
	Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca rufipectoralis	northern Andes
	Brown-backed chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca fumicolor	northern Andes
	Rufous-browed chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca superciliosa	Venezuela
	D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca oenanthoides	Puna grassland
	White-browed chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca leucophrys	Puna grassland
	Piura chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca piurae	Peru

The genus Ochthoeca formerly included some species that are now placed in the genus Silvicultrix .

References

1. "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
2. Cabanis, Jean (1847). "Ornithologische Notizen". Archiv für Naturgeschichte (in German). 13: 186-256; 308-352 [255].
3. Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 48.
4. Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 152.
5. Jobling, James A. "Ochthoeca". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 January 2018.