Myiobius

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

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

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]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Myiobius villosusTawny-breasted myiobiusBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela
Myiobius sulphureipygiusSulphur-rumped myiobiusBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama
Myiobius barbatusWhiskered myiobiusBrazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Myiobius atricaudusBlack-tailed myiobiusBrazil, 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. 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. Volume 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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