Ochthoeca

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Ochthoeca
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Colombia S4E1525.jpg
Brown-backed chat-tyrant
(Ochthoeca fumicolor)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
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.

Species

The genus contains nine species: [2]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris (Pitajo torrentero) (6) (14067292717).jpg Slaty-backed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventrisColombia to northern Peru.
Blackish chat-tyrant Ochthoeca nigritaVenezuela.
Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris thoracica) (4856430335) (cropped).jpg Maroon-belted chat-tyrant Ochthoeca thoracicaeastern Andes of Peru and Bolivia.
Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis).jpg Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralisnorthern Andes
Ochthoeca fumicolor (Pitajo ahumado) (15321450129).jpg Brown-backed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolornorthern Andes
Rufous-browed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca superciliosaVenezuela.
D'Orbigny's Chat-tyrant.jpg D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoidesPuna grassland
Ave de Aurahua.jpg White-browed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrysPuna grassland.
Ochthoeca piurae - Piura Chat-Tyrant (cropped).jpg Piura chat-tyrant Ochthoeca piuraePeru.

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. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 January 2018.