Mitrephanes

Mitrephanes
Northern tufted flycatcher
(Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Mitrephanes
Coues, 1882
Type species
Mitrephorus phaeocercus[1]
Sclater, 1859

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
Northern tufted flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus northwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador
Olive tufted flycatcher Mitrephanes olivaceus Yungas of Peru and western Bolivia.

References

  1. ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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