| Pogonotriccus | |
|---|---|
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| Marble-faced bristle tyrant (Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Pogonotriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa eximius Temminck, 1822 | |
Pogonotriccus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are found in wooded habitats of Central and South America.
The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1859 with the southern bristle tyrant (Pogonotriccus eximius) as the type species. [1] The genus has sometimes been merged into the genus Phylloscartes . [2] [3] In 2004 John Fitzpatrick in the Handbook of the Birds of the World chose to treat Pogonotriccus as a separate genus based on the slight differences in behaviour of the birds in the two genera. [4] Frank Gill and David Donsker then also recognised Pogonotriccus in the list of bird species that they maintain on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee. [5] The evidence for splitting the genus is weak: a 2009 molecular phylogenetic study that included one species from Pogonotriccus and three from Phylloscartes, found that the genetic differences were small. [6]
The genus contains nine species: [5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Variegated bristle tyrant | Pogonotriccus poecilotis | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
| Chapman's bristle tyrant | Pogonotriccus chapmani | Venezuela. | |
 | Marble-faced bristle tyrant | Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
 | Spectacled bristle tyrant | Pogonotriccus orbitalis | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
| Venezuelan bristle tyrant | Pogonotriccus venezuelanus | Venezuela. | |
 | Antioquia bristle tyrant | Pogonotriccus lanyoni | Colombia. |
 | Southern bristle tyrant | Pogonotriccus eximius | Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. |
The sharpbill is a small passerine bird in the family Tityridae. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and southern Central America.
Pyrocephalus is a genus of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, Tyrannidae.
Myiarchus is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. Most species are fairly similar in appearance and are easier to separate by voice than by plumage.
Elaenia is a genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family which occur in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Except by voice, specific identification is often difficult since many species are very similar. They are also known by the common name elaenia, which they share with the similar tyrant flycatchers of the genus Myiopagis.
The spadebills are a genus, Platyrinchus, of Central and South American passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They have broad, flat, triangular bills.
Hemitriccus is a genus of small South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are commonly known as tody-tyrants or bamboo tyrants, but the former name is also shared with several members of the genus Poecilotriccus. Several species from the genus Hemitriccus are very similar, and consequently best separated by their voice.
Knipolegus is a genus of birds, the black tyrants, in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
Lophotriccus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
McConnell's flycatcher is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is found in the Guiana Shield, northern Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Mionectes is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The short-crested flycatcher is a species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
Myiornis is a bird genus in the family Tyrannidae. Discounting the hummingbirds, they are some of the smallest birds in the world.
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Zimmerius is a genus of Neotropical birds in the family Tyrannidae.
Lessonia is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, found near freshwater lakes and saline marshes.
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