Silvicultrix

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Silvicultrix
Ochthoeca diadema.jpg
Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant
(Silvicultrix diadema)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Silvicultrix
Lanyon, W, 1986
Type species
Myiobius diadema
Hartlaub, 1843
Species

see text

Silvicultrix is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

The genus was erected by the American ornithologist Wesley E. Lanyon in 1986 with the yellow-bellied chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema) as the type species. [1]

Species

The genus contains five species: [2]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Ochthoeca frontalis -NBII Image Gallery-a00286 (cropped).jpg Crowned chat-tyrant Silvicultrix frontalisBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Kalinowski's Chat-Tyrant - Silvicultrix spodionota boliviana (cropped).jpg Kalinowski's chat-tyrant Silvicultrix spodionotaBolivia and Peru
Silvicultrix pulchella Smit.jpg Golden-browed chat-tyrant Silvicultrix pulchellaYungas of Peru and Bolivia.
Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant - Colombia S4E2594 (16687224919).jpg Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant Silvicultrix diademaColombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Silvicultrix jelskii - Jelski's Chat-Tyrant (cropped).jpg Jelski's chat-tyrant Silvicultrix jelskiiPeru and southern Ecuador.

These species were formerly included in the genus Ochthoeca .

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References

  1. Lanyon, Wesley E. (1986). A phylogeny of the thirty-three genera in the Empidonax assemblage of tyrant flycatchers. American Museum Novitates; Number 2846. New York, USA: American Museum of Natural History. pp. 27–28. hdl:2246/3581.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 January 2018.