Ochthoeca

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

Ochthoeca
Brown-backed chat-tyrant
(Ochthoeca fumicolor)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Ochthoeca
Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Fluvicola oenanthoides[1]
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species

see text

Species

The genus contains nine species:[2]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Slaty-backed chat-tyrantOchthoeca cinnamomeiventrisBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Blackish chat-tyrantOchthoeca nigritaVenezuela.
Maroon-belted chat-tyrantOchthoeca thoracicaSouth America.
Rufous-breasted chat-tyrantOchthoeca rufipectoralisBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Brown-backed chat-tyrantOchthoeca fumicolorBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Rufous-browed chat-tyrantOchthoeca superciliosaVenezuela.
D'Orbigny's chat-tyrantOchthoeca oenanthoidesArgentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
White-browed chat-tyrantOchthoeca leucophrysPuna grassland.
Piura chat-tyrantOchthoeca piuraePeru.

The genus Ochthoeca formerly included some species that are now placed in the genus Silvicultrix.

References

  1. "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 January 2018.


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