Biology:Ochthoeca

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Short description: Genus of birds


Ochthoeca
Brown-backed chat-tyrant
(Ochthoeca fumicolor)
Scientific classification e
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Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Fluvicola oenanthoides[1]
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species

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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
Slaty-backed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Blackish chat-tyrant Ochthoeca nigrita Venezuela.
Maroon-belted chat-tyrant Ochthoeca thoracica South America.
Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Brown-backed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Rufous-browed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca superciliosa Venezuela.
D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
White-browed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys Puna grassland.
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