Myiobius
Black-tailed myiobius (Myiobius atricaudus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tityridae
Subfamily: Oxyruncinae
Genus: Myiobius
Gray, GR, 1839
Type species
Muscicapa barbata

Myiobius is a genus of passerine birds in the family Tityridae. The genus was previously considered to belong to the Tyrannidae.

The genus Myiobius was erected in 1839 by George Robert Gray in the section on birds in The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain Fizroy R.N., during the years 1832-1836.[1][2] The type species is the whiskered myiobius.[3]

The genus contains four species:[4]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Myiobius villosus Tawny-breasted myiobius Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
Myiobius sulphureipygius Sulphur-rumped myiobius Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama
Myiobius barbatus Whiskered myiobius Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Myiobius atricaudus Black-tailed myiobius Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

References

  1. ^ Gould, John; Gray, George Robert (1839). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain Fizroy R.N., during the years 1832-1836. Vol. Part 3 Birds. London: Smith, Elder and Co. p. 46.
  2. ^ Steinheimer, F.D.; Dickinson, E.C.; Walters, M. (2006). "The Zoology of the HMS Beagle. Part III. Bird: new avian names, their authorship and dates". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 126 (3): 171–193 [177].
  3. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras & becards". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.


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