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]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
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Crowned chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix frontalis | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
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Kalinowski's chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix spodionota | Bolivia and Peru |
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Golden-browed chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix pulchella | Yungas of Peru and Bolivia. |
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Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix diadema | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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Jelski's chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix jelskii | Peru and southern Ecuador. |
These species were formerly included in the genus Ochthoeca.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
