Ramphotrigon | |
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Rufous-tailed flatbill (Ramphotrigon ruficauda) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Ramphotrigon G.R. Gray, 1855 |
Type species | |
Platyrhynchus ruficauda[1] von Spix, 1825
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Species | |
3, see text. | |
Synonyms | |
Rhamphotrygon Sundevall, 1872 |
Ramphotrigon is a genus of tyrant flycatchers in the family Tyrannidae.
Established in 1872 by George Robert Gray, it contains four species:[2]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Large-headed flatbill | Ramphotrigon megacephalum | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. | |
Flammulated flycatcher | Ramphotrigon flammulatum | south and southwest Mexico | |
Rufous-tailed flatbill | Ramphotrigon ruficauda | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela | |
Dusky-tailed flatbill | Ramphotrigon fuscicauda | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
The name Ramphotrigon is a combination of the Greek words rhamphos, meaning "bill" and trigonōn, meaning "triangle".[3]