Poecilotriccus is a genus of small flycatchers in the family Tyrannidae. Except for the recently described Johnson's tody-flycatcher, all have, at one point or another, been included in the genus Todirostrum. Some species have been known as tody-tyrants instead of tody-flycatchers. Most species are found in South America, but a single species, the slate-headed tody-flycatcher, is also found in Central America. The black-chested tyrant may also belong in this genus, but most place it in the monotypic genus Taeniotriccus.
Taxonomy
The genus Poecilotriccus was introduced in 1884 by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch to accommodate a single new species, Poecilotriccus lenzi. This is now considered to be a junior synonym of Todirhamphus ruficeps Kaup, 1852, the rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher and is the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek poikilos meaning "pied" or "spotted" with -ouros meaning "-tailed".
Species
The genus contains 12 species:
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Scientific name
Distribution
Rufous-crowned tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus ruficeps
Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru
Lulu's tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus luluae
northern Peru
White-cheeked tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus albifacies
south-eastern Peru
Black-and-white tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus capitalis
southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and south-western Brazil
Buff-cheeked tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus senex
Brazil
Ruddy tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus russatus
Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela
Ochre-faced tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.
Smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus fumifrons
Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname
Rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus latirostris
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Slaty-headed tody-flycatcher
Poecilotriccus sylvia
Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana,...
