Mitrephanes

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

Mitrephanes
Northern tufted flycatcher
(Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Mitrephanes
Coues, 1882
Type species
Mitrephorus phaeocercus[1]
Sclater, 1859

It contains two species:[2]

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

References

  1. "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. 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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