Lathrotriccus

Taxobox
name ="Lathrotriccus "
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Tyrannidae
genus = "Lathrotriccus "
genus_authority = S. M. Lanyon & W. E. Lanyon, 1986
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "L. euleri "
"L. griseipectus "

"Lathrotriccus" is a small genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family. They breed in tropical South America, including, for one species, the islands of Trinidad and formerly also Grenada.

They closely resembles the "Empidonax" flycatchers in appearance, and were formerly placed in that genus, but differ anatomically and biochemically.

There are only two known species in the genus:
*Euler's Flycatcher, "Lathrotriccus euleri"
**Grenadan Euler's Flycatcher, "Lathrotriccus euleri flaviventris" - formerly "Empidonax euleri johnstonei"; extinct (early 1950s)
*Gray-breasted Flycatcher, "Lathrotriccus griseipectus"

These are birds of fairly open habitats such as open woods and arid scrub. They are inconspicuous birds, tending to keep to undergrowth perches from which they sally forth to catch insects.

References

*cite book
last = ffrench
first = Richard
title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
edition = 2nd edition
year = 1991
publisher = Comstock Publishing
isbn = 0-8014-9792-2
*cite book
last = Hilty
first = Steven L
title = Birds of Venezuela
publisher = Christopher Helm
date = 2003
location = London
isbn = 0-7136-6418-5