Biology:Myiodynastes

From HandWiki
Short description: Genus of birds

Myiodynastes
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus 311672552 d29001856d o.jpg
Golden-crowned flycatcher
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Myiodynastes
Bonaparte, 1857
Type species
Myiodynastes audax[1]
Bonaparte, 1857
Species

Myiodynastes bairdii
Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
Myiodynastes hemichrysus
Myiodynastes luteiventris
Myiodynastes maculatus

Myiodynastes is a genus of birds in the family Tyrannidae. Created by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857, the genus contains five species which are collectively referred to as "sulphur-bellied flycatchers"; that name is also given to one of the individual species in the genus.[2] The genus name Myiodynastes is a compound word composed from two Greek words: muia, meaning "fly" and dunastẽs, meaning "ruler".[3]

List of species

The genus contains five species:[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1060094 entry