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

Mecocerculus
White-throated tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Mecocerculus
P.L. Sclater, 1862
Type species
Tyrannula setophagoides[1]
Bonaparte, 1845

It contains the following 6 species:[2]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
Mecocerculus leucophrys White-throated tyrannulet Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Mecocerculus poecilocercus White-tailed tyrannulet Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
Mecocerculus hellmayri Buff-banded tyrannulet Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru
Mecocerculus calopterus Rufous-winged tyrannulet Ecuador and Peru
Mecocerculus minor Sulphur-bellied tyrannulet Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Mecocerculus stictopterus White-banded tyrannulet Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

References

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  1. ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.