Myiophobus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
Taxonomy
The genus Myiophobus was introduced in 1850 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. The name combines the Ancient Greek μυια/muia, μυιας/muias meaning "fly" with φοβος/phobos meaning "terror", "fear" or "panic". As Reichenbach did not specify a type species, in 1855 the English zoologist George Gray designated the type as Muscicapa ferruginea Swainson. Gray made an error as in 1835 William Swainson had placed this species in the genus Tyrannula rather than in Muscicapa. Swainson's name Tyrannula ferruginea is considered to be a junior synonym of Muscicapa flammiceps Temminck, CJ, 1822, which is now a subspecies of Muscicapa fasciata Müller, the bran-colored flycatcher.
Species
The genus contains the following eight species:
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Distribution
Olive-chested flycatcher
Myiophobus cryptoxanthus
Ecuador and Peru
Flavescent flycatcher
Myiophobus flavicans
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
Unadorned flycatcher
Myiophobus inornatus
Bolivia and Peru
Orange-crested flycatcher
Myiophobus phoenicomitra
Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Roraiman flycatcher
Myiophobus roraimae
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela
Bran-colored flycatcher
Myiophobus fasciatus
Costa Rica through Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina
Mouse-gray flycatcher
Myiophobus crypterythrus
southwest Colombia, western Ecuador, and northwestern Peru
Rufescent flycatcher
Myiophobus rufescens
western Peru and northern Chile
