Mitrephanes
Appearance
Mitrephanes | |
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Northern tufted flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Mitrephanes Coues, 1882 |
Type species | |
Mitrephorus phaeocercus[1] Sclater, 1859
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Mitrephanes is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
It contains two species:[2]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Northern tufted flycatcher | Mitrephanes phaeocercus | northwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador | |
Olive tufted flycatcher | Mitrephanes olivaceus | Yungas of Peru and western Bolivia. |
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 29 June 2019.