Nesotriccus is a genus of Central and South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
| Nesotriccus | |
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| Southern mouse-colored tyrannulet (Nesotriccus murinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Nesotriccus Townsend, CH, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Nesotriccus ridgwayi[1] C.H. Townsend, 1895
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Species edit
The genus contains five species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Nesotriccus murinus | Southern mouse-colored tyrannulet | the Guianas and Amazonia to eastern Brazil, Paraguay and northwest Argentina |
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Nesotriccus incomtus | Northern mouse-colored tyrannulet | southern Costa Rica and Panama through Colombia and northeast Ecuador to Venezuela, Trinidad, and Guyana |
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Nesotriccus ridgwayi | Cocos tyrannulet | Cocos Island |
| Nesotriccus tumbezanus | Tumbesian tyrannulet | southwest Ecuador and northwest Peru | |
| Nesotriccus maranonicus | Maranon tyrannulet | northeastern Peru |
The Tumbesian tyrannulet was formerly considered conspecific with the widespread southern mouse-colored tyrannulet. The two species are visually very similar, but vocally distinct.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ Rheindt, Frank E.; Norman, Janette A.; Christidis, Les (2008). "Genetic differentiation across the Andes in two pan-Neotropical tyrant-flycatcher species". Emu. 108 (3): 261–268. doi:10.1071/mu08020. S2CID 83868957.
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