Hemitriccus
| Hemitriccus | |
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| Black-throated tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus granadensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Hemitriccus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa diops[1] Temminck, 1822
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Hemitriccus is a genus of small South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are commonly known as tody-tyrants or bamboo tyrants, but the former name is (or was) also shared with several members of the genus Poecilotriccus. Several species from the genus Hemitriccus are very similar, and consequently best separated by their voice.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Hemitriccus was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine to accommodate a single species, Muscicapa diops Temminck, 1822, the drab-breasted bamboo tyrant.[2][3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hēmi- meaning "half-" or "small" with trikkos, a word for an unidentified small bird that in ornithology signifies a tyrant flycatcher.[4]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following 22 species:[5]
- Drab-breasted bamboo tyrant, Hemitriccus diops
- Brown-breasted bamboo tyrant, Hemitriccus obsoletus
- Flammulated bamboo tyrant, Hemitriccus flammulatus
- Snethlage's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus minor
- Yungas tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus spodiops
- Acre tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cohnhafti
- Boat-billed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus josephinae
- White-eyed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus zosterops
- White-bellied tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus griseipectus
- Zimmer's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus minimus
- Eye-ringed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus orbitatus
- Johannes's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus iohannis
- Stripe-necked tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus striaticollis
- Hangnest tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus nidipendulus
- Pearly-vented tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus margaritaceiventer
- Pelzeln's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus inornatus
- Black-throated tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus granadensis
- Buff-breasted tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus mirandae
- Cinnamon-breasted tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus
- Kaempfer's tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus kaempferi
- Buff-throated tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus rufigularis
- Fork-tailed tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus furcatus
References
[edit]- ^ "Pipromorphidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1860). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German). Vol. 2. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 52, Footnote.
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 78.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Tyrant flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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