Silvicultrix is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
| Silvicultrix | |
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| Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Silvicultrix Lanyon, W, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| Myiobius diadema Hartlaub, 1843
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| Species | |
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The genus was erected by the American ornithologist Wesley E. Lanyon in 1986 with the yellow-bellied chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema) as the type species.[1]
Species
editThe genus contains five species:[2]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowned chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix frontalis | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. | |
| Kalinowski's chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix spodionota | Bolivia and Peru | |
| Golden-browed chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix pulchella | Yungas of Peru and Bolivia. | |
| Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix diadema | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. | |
| Jelski's chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix jelskii | Peru and southern Ecuador. |
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These species were formerly included in the genus Ochthoeca.
References
edit- ^ Lanyon, Wesley E. (1986). A phylogeny of the thirty-three genera in the Empidonax assemblage of tyrant flycatchers. American Museum Novitates; Number 2846. New York, USA: American Museum of Natural History. pp. 27–28. hdl:2246/3581.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
