Biology:Phaeomyias

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Short description: Genus of birds

Phaeomyias
Phaeomyias murina1.jpg
Mouse-colored tyrannulet (Phaeomyias murina)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Phaeomyias
Berlepsch, 1902

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

The genus was erected by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch in 1902.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the mouse-colored tyrannulet (Phaeomyias murina).[2][3]

Species

The genus contains two species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Phaeomyias murina (Tiranuelo murino) - Flickr - Alejandro Bayer.jpg Phaeomyias murina Mouse-colored tyrannulet Panama and Costa Rica
Phaeomyias tumbezana Tumbesian tyrannulet southwest Ecuador and northwest Peru

The Tumbesian tyrannulet was formerly considered conspecific with the widespread mouse-colored tyrannulet. The two species are visually very similar, but vocally distinct.[5]

References

  1. von Berlepsch, Hans (1902). "On the birds of the Orinoco region". Novitates Zoologicae 9: 1–135 [41]. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3268430. 
  2. Chubb, Charles (1921). The Birds of British Guiana. 2. London: British Museum. p. 177. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35719037. 
  3. Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed (1979). Check-list of Birds of the World. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 16. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14500793. 
  4. 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. 
  5. Rheindt, Frank E.; Norman, Janette A.; Christidis, Les (2008). "Genetic differentiation across the Andes in two pan-Neotropical tyrant-flycatcher species". Emu 108 (3): 261–268. doi:10.1071/mu08020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q301075 entry