| Ochthoeca | |
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| Yellow-bellied Chat-tyrant (O. diadema) |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Ochthoeca Cabanis, 1847 |
| Species | |
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see text |
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Ochthoeca is a genus of birds in the Tyrannidae family.
In recent times, ist has usually contained the following species:
But it has turned out that the last three, which some had considered to belong in Silvicultrix, may in fact form a distinct genus. However, they are anatomically very similar and the genetic data may to be inconsistent, so the question is not fully resolved.