Myiozetetes is a small genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family. The four species occur in tropical Central and South America.
Taxonomy
The genus Myiozetetes was introduced by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1859 with the rusty-margined flycatcher as the type species. The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek muias "fly" and zētētēs "searcher".
The genus contains four species:
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Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Myiozetetes cayanensis
Rusty-margined flycatcher
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also eastern Panama.
Myiozetetes similis
Social flycatcher
from northwestern Mexico south to northeastern Peru, southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina
Myiozetetes granadensis
Grey-capped flycatcher
eastern Honduras south to northwestern Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil
Myiozetetes luteiventris
Dusky-chested flycatcher
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Species
The genus contains four species:
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Scientific name
Common name
Distribution
Myiozetetes cayanensis
Rusty-margined flycatcher
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also eastern Panama.
Myiozetetes similis
Social flycatcher
from northwestern Mexico south to northeastern Peru, southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina
Myiozetetes granadensis
Grey-capped flycatcher
eastern Honduras south to northwestern Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil
Myiozetetes luteiventris
Dusky-chested flycatcher
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Description
The adult Myiozetetes flycatcher is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) long and weighs 24–30 g (0.85–1.06 oz). The upperparts are olive-brown, and the wings and tail are brown with only faint rufous fringes. The underparts are yellow and the throat is white. Young birds lack the...
