Phyllomyias

Phyllomyias
Planalto tyrannulet (Phyllomyias fasciatus)
Scientific classification
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.

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]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Greenish tyrannulet	Phyllomyias virescens	Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay
	Reiser's tyrannulet	Phyllomyias reiseri	central Brazil and northern Paraguay
	Urich's tyrannulet	Phyllomyias urichi	Venezuela
	Sclater's tyrannulet	Phyllomyias sclateri	Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru
	Yungas tyrannulet	Phyllomyias weedeni	north-western Bolivia and far south-eastern Peru
	Planalto tyrannulet	Phyllomyias fasciatus	eastern Brazil, extreme north-eastern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina
	Sooty-headed tyrannulet	Phyllomyias griseiceps	Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
	Plumbeous-crowned tyrannulet	Phyllomyias plumbeiceps	Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
	Grey-capped tyrannulet	Phyllomyias griseocapilla	Brazil

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. hdl: 10138/329703 . PMID   33303617. A high resolution version of the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1 is available from the first author's website here.
6. 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.

• Fitzpatrick, J. W. (2004). Genus Phyllomyias. pp. 259–262 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & D. A. Christie. eds (2004), Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cotigas to Pittas and Wagtails. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN   84-87334-69-5