Poecilotriccus

Taxobox
name = "Poecilotriccus"

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image_caption = Rufous-crowned Tody-flycatcher ("P. ruficeps")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
subclassis = Neornithes
infraclassis = Neognathae
superordo = Neoaves
ordo = Passeriformes
subordo = Tyranni
infraordo = Tyrannides
familia = Tyrannidae
genus = "Poecilotriccus"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =12, see text

"Poecilotriccus" is a genus of small birds in the Tyrannidae family. Except for the recently described Johnson's Tody-flycatcher, all have, at one point or another, been included in the genus "Todirostrum". Some species have been known as tody-tyrants instead of tody-flycatchers. [ [http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop334.html Modify English names of some Poecilotriccus flycatchers] - South American Classification Committee (2008)] Most species are found in South America, but a single species, the Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher, is also found in Central America.

pecies

* Rufous-crowned Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus ruficeps"
* Johnson's Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus luluae"
* White-cheeked Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus albifacies"
* Black-and-white Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus capitalis"
* Buff-cheeked Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus senex"
* Ruddy Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus russatus"
* Ochre-faced Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps"
* Smoky-fronted Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus fumifrons"
* Rusty-fronted Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus latirostris"
* Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus sylvia"
* Golden-winged Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus calopterus"
* Black-backed Tody-flycatcher, "Poecilotriccus pulchellus"

The Black-chested Tyrant may also belong in this genus, but most place it in the monotypic genus "Taeniotriccus".

References

* Walther, B. A. (2004). Genus "Poecilotriccus". Pp. 329-333 in:del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D. A. eds. (2004). "Handbook of the Birds of the World." Vol. 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-69-5