Leptopogon is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Leptopogon
Slaty-capped flycatcher
(L. superciliaris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Leptopogon
Cabanis, 1844
Type species
Leptopogon superciliaris[1]
von Tschudi, 1844

The genus contains the following four species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Leptopogon rufipectus Rufous-breasted flycatcher Colombia, Ecuador, far northwestern Peru and far western Venezuela
Leptopogon taczanowskii Inca flycatcher Peru.
Leptopogon amaurocephalus Sepia-capped flycatcher Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Leptopogon superciliaris Slaty-capped flycatcher Costa Rica through Colombia and northern Venezuela to northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.

References

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  1. ^ "Pipromorphidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.