Empidonomus
| Empidonomus | |
|---|---|
| Variegated flycatcher (Empidonomus varius) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Empidonomus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa varia Vieillot, 1818
| |
Empidonomus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae that are found in South America. The genus contains two species.
Taxonomy
The genus Empidonomus was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine to accommodate a single species, Muscicapa varia Vieillot, the variegated flycatcher.[1] This is the type species. [2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek εμπις/empis, εμπιδος/empidos meaning "gnat" or "mosquito" with -νομος/-nomos meaning "-ruling".[3]
The genus contains two species:[4]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Variegated flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | widespread across South America | |
| Crowned slaty flycatcher | Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus | Amazonia, central south, southeast South America |
References
- ^ Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1860). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German). Vol. 2. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 76.
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 220.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Empidonomus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.