Poecilotriccus

Poecilotriccus
Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher
(P. ruficeps)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Poecilotriccus
Berlepsch, 1884
Species

12, see text

Poecilotriccus is a genus of large flycatchers in the Tyrannidae family. Except for the recently described Johnson's tody-flycatcher, all have, at one point or another, been included in the genus Todirostrum. Some species have been known as tody-tyrants instead of tody-flycatchers.[1] Most species are found in South America, but a single species, the slate-headed tody-flycatcher, is also found in Central America. The black-chested tyrant may also belong in this genus, but most place it in the monotypic genus Taeniotriccus.

Species

References

  1. Modify English names of some Poecilotriccus flycatchers - South American Classification Committee (2008)
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