Biology:Mecocerculus

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Short description: Genus of birds

Mecocerculus
Mecocerculus leucophrys -Ecuador-8.jpg
White-throated tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
Scientific classification e
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

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
White-throated Tyrannulet - Colombia S4E1366 (16872351571).jpg Mecocerculus leucophrys White-throated tyrannulet Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
White-tailedTyrannulet.jpg Mecocerculus poecilocercus White-tailed tyrannulet Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Mecocerculus hellmayri - Buff-banded tyrannulet.jpg Mecocerculus hellmayri Buff-banded tyrannulet Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru
Mecocerculus calopterus - Rufous-winged Tyrannulet (cropped).jpg Mecocerculus calopterus Rufous-winged tyrannulet Ecuador and Peru
Mecocerculus minor - Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet (cropped).jpg Mecocerculus minor Sulphur-bellied tyrannulet Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Mecocerculus stictopterus -Eduador-8.jpg Mecocerculus stictopterus White-banded tyrannulet Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

References

  1. "Tyrannidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=107. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/. Retrieved 27 June 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1079044 entry