Ramphotrigon

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Ramphotrigon
Ramphotrigon ruficauda - Rufous-tailed Flatbill; Xapuri, Acre, Brazil.jpg
Rufous-tailed flatbill (Ramphotrigon ruficauda)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Ramphotrigon
G.R. Gray, 1855
Type species
Platyrhynchus ruficauda [1]
von Spix, 1825
Species

4, see text.

Synonyms

Rhamphotrygon Sundevall, 1872
(unjustified emendation)

Ramphotrigon is a genus of tyrant flycatchers in the family Tyrannidae.

Species

Established in 1872 by George Robert Gray, it contains four species: [2]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Ramphotrigon megacephalum - Large-headed Flatbill.jpg Large-headed flatbill Ramphotrigon megacephalumColombia, Venezuela, southern Amazonia and Atlantic forest.
Flammulated Flycatcher (Papamoscas Jaspeado).jpg Flammulated flycatcher Ramphotrigon flammulatumwestern Mexican coastline
Ramphotrigon ruficauda - Rufous-tailed Flatbill; Xapuri, Acre, Brazil.jpg Rufous-tailed flatbill Ramphotrigon ruficaudaAmazonia
Ramphotrigon fuscicauda - Dusky-tailed Flatbill; Ramal do Noca, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil.jpg Dusky-tailed flatbill Ramphotrigon fuscicaudawestern Amazonia : Ecuador, Peru, Acre and Bolivia

The name Ramphotrigon is a combination of the Greek words rhamphos, meaning "bill" and trigonōn, meaning "triangle". [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names. London, UK: Christopher Helm. p.  331. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
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