Mecocerculus
Appearance
Mecocerculus | |
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White-throated tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Mecocerculus P.L. Sclater, 1862 |
Type species | |
Tyrannula setophagoides[1] Bonaparte, 1845
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Mecocerculus is a genus of birds in the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
It contains the following 6 species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Mecocerculus leucophrys | White-throated tyrannulet | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. | |
Mecocerculus poecilocercus | White-tailed tyrannulet | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru | |
Mecocerculus hellmayri | Buff-banded tyrannulet | Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru | |
Mecocerculus calopterus | Rufous-winged tyrannulet | Ecuador and Peru | |
Mecocerculus minor | Sulphur-bellied tyrannulet | Colombia, Ecuador and Peru | |
Mecocerculus stictopterus | White-banded tyrannulet | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
References
[edit]- ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.