Myiornis
Appearance
Myiornis | |
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Eared pygmy tyrant (Myiornis auricularis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Myiornis Bertoni, AW, 1901 |
Type species | |
Euscarthmus minutus Bertoni, AW, 1901 = Platyrhynchos auricularis Vieillot, 1818[1] | |
Species | |
see text |
Myiornis is a bird genus in the family Tyrannidae. Discounting the hummingbirds, they are some of the smallest birds in the world.
The genus contains four species:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Myiornis albiventris | White-bellied pygmy tyrant | Bolivia and Peru | |
Myiornis auricularis | Eared pygmy tyrant | Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. | |
Myiornis atricapillus | Black-capped pygmy tyrant | Costa Rica to north-western Ecuador. | |
Myiornis ecaudatus | Short-tailed pygmy tyrant | Amazon in northern and central South America. |
References
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 71.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.