Silvicultrix
Genus of birds
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Silvicultrix is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
| Silvicultrix | |
|---|---|
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| Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Silvicultrix Lanyon, W, 1986 |
| Type species | |
| Myiobius diadema Hartlaub, 1843 | |
| Species | |
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The genus was erected by the American ornithologist Wesley E. Lanyon in 1986 with the yellow-bellied chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema) as the type species.[1]
Species
The genus contains five species:[2]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) | Crowned chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix frontalis | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
.jpg) | Kalinowski's chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix spodionota | Bolivia and Peru |
 | Golden-browed chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix pulchella | Yungas of Peru and Bolivia. |
.jpg) | Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix diadema | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. |
.jpg) | Jelski's chat-tyrant | Silvicultrix jelskii | Peru and southern Ecuador. |
These species were formerly included in the genus Ochthoeca.
