Empidonomus
| Empidonomus | |
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| Variegated flycatcher (Empidonomus varius) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Empidonomus Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa varia Vieillot, 1818
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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
[edit]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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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Variegated flycatcher | Empidonomus varius | widespread across South America |
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Crowned slaty flycatcher | Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus | Amazonia, central south, southeast South America |
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
