Mionectes
Genus of birds
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Mionectes is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
| Mionectes | |
|---|---|
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| Streak-necked flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Mionectes Cabanis, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Mionectes striaticollis | |
The genus was erected in 1844 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the streak-necked flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis) as the type species.[1][2]
Species
The genus contains the following seven species:[3]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streak-necked flycatcher | Mionectes striaticollis | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
_(15861199897)_(2).jpg) | Olive-striped flycatcher | Mionectes galbinus | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. |
 | Olive-streaked flycatcher | Mionectes olivaceus | Costa Rica and Panama. |
 | Ochre-bellied flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | southern Mexico through Central America, and South America east of the Andes as far as southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and Tobago. |
 | McConnell's flycatcher | Mionectes macconnelli | Guiana Shield, northern Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. |
| Sierra de Lema flycatcher | Mionectes roraimae | southern Venezuela and the neighbouring parts of Brazil and Guiana. | |
 | Grey-hooded flycatcher | Mionectes rufiventris | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. |
The Tepui flycatcher was formerly considered conspecific with McConnell's flycatcher. The two species have similar plumage but differ in their vocalisation and display behaviour.[4]
