Leptopogon

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Family:Tyrannidae
Leptopogon
Slaty-capped flycatcher
(L. superciliaris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Leptopogon
Cabanis, 1844
Type species
Leptopogon superciliaris[1]
von Tschudi, 1844

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

The genus contains the following four species:[2]

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Leptopogon rufipectusRufous-breasted flycatcherColombia, Ecuador, far northwestern Peru and far western Venezuela
Leptopogon taczanowskiiInca flycatcherPeru.
Leptopogon amaurocephalusSepia-capped flycatcherArgentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Leptopogon superciliarisSlaty-capped flycatcherCosta Rica through Colombia and northern Venezuela to northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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