Nesotriccus

Nesotriccus
Southern mouse-colored tyrannulet (Nesotriccus murinus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Nesotriccus
Townsend, CH, 1895
Type species
Nesotriccus ridgwayi[1]
C.H. Townsend, 1895

Nesotriccus is a genus of Central and South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Species

The genus contains five species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Nesotriccus murinus Southern mouse-colored tyrannulet the Guianas and Amazonia to eastern Brazil, Paraguay and northwest Argentina
Nesotriccus incomtus Northern mouse-colored tyrannulet southern Costa Rica and Panama through Colombia and northeast Ecuador to Venezuela, Trinidad, and Guyana
Nesotriccus ridgwayi Cocos tyrannulet Cocos Island
Nesotriccus tumbezanus Tumbesian tyrannulet southwest Ecuador and northwest Peru
Nesotriccus maranonicus Maranon tyrannulet northeastern Peru

The Tumbesian tyrannulet was formerly considered conspecific with the widespread southern mouse-colored tyrannulet. The two species are visually very similar, but vocally distinct.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. ^ Rheindt, Frank E.; Norman, Janette A.; Christidis, Les (2008). "Genetic differentiation across the Andes in two pan-Neotropical tyrant-flycatcher species". Emu. 108 (3): 261–268. Bibcode:2008EmuAO.108..261R. doi:10.1071/mu08020. S2CID 83868957.


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