Silvicultrix

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

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

The genus contains five species:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
File:Ochthoeca frontalis -NBII Image Gallery-a00286 (cropped).jpg Crowned chat-tyrant Silvicultrix frontalis Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
File:Kalinowski's Chat-Tyrant - Silvicultrix spodionota boliviana (cropped).jpg Kalinowski's chat-tyrant Silvicultrix spodionota Bolivia and Peru
File:Silvicultrix pulchella Smit.jpg Golden-browed chat-tyrant Silvicultrix pulchella Yungas of Peru and Bolivia.
File:Yellow-bellied Chat-Tyrant - Colombia S4E2594 (16687224919).jpg Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant Silvicultrix diadema Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
File:Silvicultrix jelskii - Jelski's Chat-Tyrant (cropped).jpg Jelski's chat-tyrant Silvicultrix jelskii Peru and southern Ecuador.

These species were formerly included in the genus Ochthoeca.

References

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