Mecocerculus

Mecocerculus
White-throated tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Mecocerculus P.L. Sclater, 1862
Type species
Tyrannula setophagoides[1] Bonaparte, 1845

Mecocerculus is a genus of birds in the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

It contains the following 6 species:^[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Mecocerculus leucophrys	White-throated tyrannulet	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Mecocerculus poecilocercus	White-tailed tyrannulet	Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
	Mecocerculus hellmayri	Buff-banded tyrannulet	Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru
	Mecocerculus calopterus	Rufous-winged tyrannulet	Ecuador and Peru
	Mecocerculus minor	Sulphur-bellied tyrannulet	Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
	Mecocerculus stictopterus	White-banded tyrannulet	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

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.