Biology:Mitrephanes

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Short description: Genus of birds

Mitrephanes
Mitrephanes phaeocercus -Costa Rica-8a.jpg
Northern tufted flycatcher
(Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
Scientific classification e
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
Mitrephanes phaeocercus -Costa Rica-8a.jpg Northern tufted flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus northwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador
Olive tufted flycatcher Mitrephanes olivaceus Yungas of Peru and western Bolivia.

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 29 June 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1080611 entry