Myiophobus
| Myiophobus | |
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| Orange-crested flycatcher (Myiophobus phoenicomitra) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Subfamily: | Fluvicolinae |
| Genus: | Myiophobus Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Tyrannula ferruginea Swainson, 1835
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Myiophobus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Myiophobus was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek μυια/muia, μυιας/muias meaning "fly" with φοβος/phobos meaning "terror", "fear" or "panic".[2] As Reichenbach did not specify a type species, in 1855 the English zoologist George Gray designated the type as Muscicapa ferruginea Swainson.[3] Gray made an error as in 1835 William Swainson had placed this species in the genus Tyrannula rather than in Muscicapa.[4] Swainson's name Tyrannula ferruginea is considered to be a junior synonym of Muscicapa flammiceps Temminck, CJ, 1822, which is now a subspecies of Muscicapa fasciata Müller, the bran-colored flycatcher.[5][6]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following eight species:[7]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Olive-chested flycatcher | Myiophobus cryptoxanthus | Ecuador and Peru |
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Flavescent flycatcher | Myiophobus flavicans | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
| Unadorned flycatcher | Myiophobus inornatus | Bolivia and Peru | |
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Orange-crested flycatcher | Myiophobus phoenicomitra | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
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Roraiman flycatcher | Myiophobus roraimae | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela |
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Bran-colored flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | Costa Rica through Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina |
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Mouse-gray flycatcher | Myiophobus crypterythrus | southwest Colombia, western Ecuador, and northwestern Peru |
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Rufescent flycatcher | Myiophobus rufescens | western Peru and northern Chile |
References
[edit]- ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale (in German). Dresden and Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate LXVII.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Myiophobus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 49.
- ^ Swainson, William (1834–1835). The Ornithological Drawings of William Swainson. Series 1. The Birds of Brazil. London: Baldwin & Craddock. Plate=53. The plates were published in parts, for the dates see: McMillan, N.F. (1970). "William Swainson's Birds of Brazil, Mexican Zoology, and Tropical Ornithology". Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History. 5 (5): 366–368. doi:10.3366/jsbnh.1970.5.5.366. The plates were re-issued with a new titlepage in 1841 as: Swainson, William (1841). A Selection of the Birds of Brazil and Mexico: the drawings. London: Henry G. Bohn. Plate=53.
- ^ Cory, Charles B.; Hellmayr, C.E. (1927). Catalogue of birds of the Americas and the adjacent islands in the Field Museum of Natural History including all species and subspecies known to occur in North America, Mexico, Central America, South America, the West Indies, and islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Galapagos Archipelago, and other islands which may be included on account of their faunal affinities. Part V Tyrannidae. Field Museum of Natural History. Zoology Series. Publication XIII. Chicago: The Museum. pp. 249–250.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World (PDF). Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
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