Phyllomyias

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Phyllomyias
Phyllomyias fasciatus.jpg
Planalto tyrannulet (Phyllomyias fasciatus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Phyllomyias
Cabanis & Heine, 1860
Type species
Platyrhynchus brevirostris
Planalto tyrannulet
Spix, 1825

Phyllomyias is a genus of small birds in the tyrant-flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are found in wooded habitats of Central and South America. Some species are among the most common birds in their range, while other are rare and threatened. They have a short, stubby bill, are greenish above, yellowish or whitish below, and all except the sooty-headed tyrannulet have pale wing-bars or edging. They feed on small arthropods and fruits. Most species regularly take part in mixed species flocks.

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Taxonomy

The genus Phyllomyias was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine. [1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek φυλλον/phullon meaning "leaf" with Modern Latin myias meaning "flycatcher". [2] The type species was subsequently designated in 1888 by Philip Sclater as Platyrhynchus brevirostris Spix, now a subspecies of the Planalto tyrannulet. [3] [4]

Species

The genus formerly included more species. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that the genus was paraphyletic. [5] In the rearrangement to create monophyletic genera three species were moved to the resurrected genus Tyranniscus and two species to the resurrected genus Acrochordopus . [6] The genus Phyllomyias now contains 9 species: [6]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Phyllomyias virescens - Greenish Tyrannulet.JPG Greenish tyrannulet Phyllomyias virescensArgentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
Phyllomyias reiseri - Reiser's tyrannulet.jpg Reiser's tyrannulet Phyllomyias reisericentral Brazil and northern Paraguay
Urich's tyrannulet Phyllomyias urichiVenezuela
Sclater's Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias sclateri).jpg Sclater's tyrannulet Phyllomyias sclateriArgentina, Bolivia, and Peru
Yungas tyrannulet Phyllomyias weedeninorth-western Bolivia and far south-eastern Peru
PIOLHINHO (Phyllomyias fasciatus).jpg Planalto tyrannulet Phyllomyias fasciatuseastern Brazil, extreme north-eastern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina
Sooty-headedTyrannulet2.jpg Sooty-headed tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseicepsBrazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
Phyllomyias plumbeiceps - Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet.jpg Plumbeous-crowned tyrannulet Phyllomyias plumbeicepsColombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Phyllomyias griseocapilla - Grey-capped Tyrannulet.JPG Grey-capped tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseocapillaBrazil

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References

  1. Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1859). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German). Vol. 2. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 57.
  2. Jobling, James A. "Phyllomyias". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  3. Sclater, P.L. (1888). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Oligomyodae or the families Tyrannidae, Oxyrhamphidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae, Phytotomidae, Philepittidae, Pittidae, Xenicidae, and Eurylaemidae. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 14. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 121.
  4. Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 3.
  5. Harvey, M.G.; et al. (2020). "The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot". Science. 370 (6522): 1343–1348. Bibcode:2020Sci...370.1343H. doi:10.1126/science.aaz6970. PMID   33303617. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
  6. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 November 2024.