Biology:Ochthoeca

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Short description: Genus of birds


Ochthoeca
Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant - Colombia S4E1525.jpg
Brown-backed chat-tyrant
(Ochthoeca fumicolor)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Ochthoeca
Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Fluvicola oenanthoides[1]
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species

see text

Ochthoeca is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Species

The genus contains nine species:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris (Pitajo torrentero) (6) (14067292717).jpg Slaty-backed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Blackish chat-tyrant Ochthoeca nigrita Venezuela.
Slaty-backed Chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris thoracica) (4856430335) (cropped).jpg Maroon-belted chat-tyrant Ochthoeca thoracica South America.
Rufous-breasted Chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca rufipectoralis).jpg Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Ochthoeca fumicolor (Pitajo ahumado) (15321450129).jpg Brown-backed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Rufous-browed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca superciliosa Venezuela.
D'Orbigny's Chat-tyrant.jpg D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
Ave de Aurahua.jpg White-browed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys Puna grassland.
Ochthoeca piurae - Piura Chat-Tyrant (cropped).jpg Piura chat-tyrant Ochthoeca piurae Peru.

The genus Ochthoeca formerly included some species that are now placed in the genus Silvicultrix.

References

  1. "Tyrannidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=107. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/flycatchers/. Retrieved 12 January 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1080545 entry