Mitrephanes

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

Mitrephanes
Northern tufted flycatcher
(Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Mitrephanes
Coues, 1882

It contains two species:[1]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Northern tufted flycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercusnorthwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador
Olive tufted flycatcherMitrephanes olivaceusYungas of Peru and western Bolivia.

References

  1. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
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