Lophotriccus | |
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Scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: |
Lophotriccus Berlepsch, 1884 |
Lophotriccus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was introduced by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch in 1884. [1] [2] The type species was subsequently designated as a subspecies of the scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista) by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1884. [3] [4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" with trikkos which is an unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus is used to denote a tyrant flycatcher. [5]
The genus contains the following four species: [6]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Scale-crested pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus pileatus | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela | |
Double-banded pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus vitiosus | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. | |
Long-crested pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus eulophotes | western Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. | |
Helmeted pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus galeatus | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |
Lophotriccus | |
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Scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: |
Lophotriccus Berlepsch, 1884 |
Lophotriccus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was introduced by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch in 1884. [1] [2] The type species was subsequently designated as a subspecies of the scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista) by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1884. [3] [4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" with trikkos which is an unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus is used to denote a tyrant flycatcher. [5]
The genus contains the following four species: [6]
Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Scale-crested pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus pileatus | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela | |
Double-banded pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus vitiosus | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. | |
Long-crested pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus eulophotes | western Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. | |
Helmeted pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus galeatus | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |