Myiobius is a genus of passerine birds in the family Tityridae. The genus was previously considered to belong to the Tyrannidae.
| Myiobius | |
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| Black-tailed myiobius (Myiobius atricaudus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tityridae |
| Subfamily: | Oxyruncinae |
| Genus: | Myiobius Gray, GR, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa barbata Gmelin, JF, 1789
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The genus Myiobius was erected in 1839 by George Robert Gray in the section on birds in The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain Fizroy R.N., during the years 1832-1836.[1][2] The type species is the whiskered myiobius.[3]
The genus contains four species:[4]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Myiobius villosus | Tawny-breasted myiobius | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela |
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Myiobius sulphureipygius | Sulphur-rumped myiobius | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama |
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Myiobius barbatus | Whiskered myiobius | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
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Myiobius atricaudus | Black-tailed myiobius | Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. |
References
edit- ^ Gould, John; Gray, George Robert (1839). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle under the Command of Captain Fizroy R.N., during the years 1832-1836. Vol. Part 3 Birds. London: Smith, Elder and Co. p. 46.
- ^ Steinheimer, F.D.; Dickinson, E.C.; Walters, M. (2006). "The Zoology of the HMS Beagle. Part III. Bird: new avian names, their authorship and dates". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 126 (3): 171–193 [177].
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras & becards". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 9 January 2018.