Onychorhynchidae

Onychorhynchidae
Atlantic royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus swainsoni)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Parvorder:	Tyrannida
Family:	Onychorhynchidae Tello, Moyle, Marchese & Cracraft, 2009
Type genus
Onychorhynchus Fischer von Waldheim, 1810
Genera
See text

Onychorhynchidae is small family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics.

Taxonomy and systematics

The family Onychorhynchidae was introduced (as the tribe Onychorhynchini) in 2009 by Jose Tello and collaborators. ^[1]

The cladogram below shows the phylogenetic relationships of the families in the parvorder Tyrannida. It is based on the study by Carl Oliveros and collaborators published in 2019 and the study by Michael Harvey and collaborators that was published in 2020. ^{[2] [3]} The families and species numbers are from the list maintained by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). ^[4]

Tyrannida	Tityridae becards & allies (37 species in 7 genera) Tyrannidae tyrant flycatchers (447 species in 106 genera) Oxyruncidae Oxyruncus – sharpbill Onychorhynchidae Onychorhynchus – royal flycatchers (2 species) Terenotriccus – ruddy-tailed flycatcher Myiobius – myiobiuses (4 species)

Species

The family contains seven species in three genera. ^[4]

Image	Genus	Living Species
	Onychorhynchus Fischer von Waldheim, 1810	Atlantic royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus swainsoni) Tropical royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus)
	Myiobius Gray, GR, 1839	Tawny-breasted myiobius (Myiobius villosus) Sulphur-rumped myiobius (Myiobius sulphureipygius) Whiskered myiobius (Myiobius barbatus) Black-tailed myiobius (Myiobius atricaudus)
	Terenotriccus Ridgway, 1905	Ruddy-tailed flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus)

References

1. Tello, J.G.; Moyle, R.G.; Marchese, D.J.; Cracraft, J. (2009). "Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides)". Cladistics. 25 (5): 429–467. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00254.x .
2. Oliveros, C.H.; et al. (2019). "Earth history and the passerine superradiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 116 (16): 7916–7925. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1813206116 .
3. Harvey, M.G.; et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 14 March 2025.