Ochthoeca
Brown-backed chat-tyrant
(Ochthoeca fumicolor)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Ochthoeca
Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Fluvicola oenanthoides[1]
d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species

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Ochthoeca is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Species

The genus contains nine species:[2]

Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution
Slaty-backed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Blackish chat-tyrant Ochthoeca nigrita Venezuela.
Maroon-belted chat-tyrant Ochthoeca thoracica South America.
Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant Ochthoeca rufipectoralis Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Brown-backed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca fumicolor Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Rufous-browed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca superciliosa Venezuela.
D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant Ochthoeca oenanthoides Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
White-browed chat-tyrant Ochthoeca leucophrys Puna grassland.
Piura chat-tyrant Ochthoeca piurae Peru.

The genus Ochthoeca formerly included some species that are now placed in the genus Silvicultrix.

References

  1. ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 January 2018.


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