Poecilotriccus
Genus of birds
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Poecilotriccus is a genus of small flycatchers in the family Tyrannidae. Except for the recently described Johnson's tody-flycatcher, all have, at one point or another, been included in the genus Todirostrum. Some species have been known as tody-tyrants instead of tody-flycatchers.[2] Most species are found in South America, but a single species, the slate-headed tody-flycatcher, is also found in Central America. The black-chested tyrant may also belong in this genus, but most place it in the monotypic genus Taeniotriccus.
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| Poecilotriccus | |
|---|---|
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| Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher (P. ruficeps nelanomystax) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Poecilotriccus Berlepsch, 1884 |
| Type species | |
| Todirostrum lenzi[1] = Todirhamphus ruficeps von Berlepsch, 1884 | |
| Species | |
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12, see text | |
Taxonomy
The genus Poecilotriccus was introduced in 1884 by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch to accommodate a single new species, Poecilotriccus lenzi.[3] This is now considered to be a junior synonym of Todirhamphus ruficeps Kaup, 1852, the rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher and is the type species.[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos meaning "pied" or "spotted" with -ouros meaning "-tailed".[6]
Species
The genus contains 12 species:[7]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
_(14450043293).jpg) | Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus ruficeps | Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru |
 | Lulu's tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus luluae | northern Peru |
 | White-cheeked tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus albifacies | south-eastern Peru |
 | Black-and-white tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus capitalis | southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and south-western Brazil |
 | Buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus senex | Brazil |
 | Ruddy tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus russatus | Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela |
 | Ochre-faced tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. |
 | Smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus fumifrons | Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname |
 | Rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus latirostris | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
.jpg) | Slaty-headed tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus sylvia | Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela |
 | Golden-winged tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus calopterus | Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru |
.jpg) | Black-backed tody-flycatcher | Poecilotriccus pulchellus | Peru |
