Royal flycatcher

The royal flycatchers are a genus, Onychorhynchus, of passerine birds in the family Tityridae[1][2] according to the IOC. Other taxonomic authorities including the AOU, Clements, and the IUCN, include it in Tyrannidae. Depending on authority, it includes a single widespread,[1] or four more localized species.[2] The specific epithet of the type species, coronatus, and the common name of all the species in this genus, royal flycatcher, refer to the striking, colourful crest,[3] which is seen displayed very rarely,[3] except after mating, while preening, in courtship as well as being handled.[3]

Royal flycatcher
Amazonian royal flycatcher at Apiacás, Mato Grosso state, Brasil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Genus: Onychorhynchus
Fischer von Waldheim, 1810

The genus contains four species:[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Onychorhynchus coronatusAmazonian royal flycatcherAmazon basin in northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, eastern Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern and western Brazil
Onychorhynchus mexicanusNorthern royal flycatcherMexico, south through most of Central America, to northwestern Colombia and far western Venezuela
Onychorhynchus occidentalisPacific royal flycatcherWestern Ecuador and far northwestern Peru
Onychorhynchus swainsoniAtlantic royal flycatcherAtlantic forest in southeastern Brazil

References

  1. John H. Boyd III (September 28, 2011). "TYRANNIDA: Pipridae, Cotingidae, Tityridae". TiF Checklist. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras & becards". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  3. Ridgely, Robert and John A. Gwynne Jr. (1989). A Guide to the Birds of Panama with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691025126.
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