Poecilotriccus

Common tody-flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum, copyright Arley Vargas.

Belongs within: Rhynchocyclinae.

Poecilotriccus, tody-tyrants, is a genus of tyrant flycatchers with relatively long, broad bills.

Poecilotriccus
| i. s.: P. calopterusJT12
| P. fumifronsJT12
| P. luluaeJT12
| P. pulchellusJT12
| P. senexJT12
|--+--+--P. latirostrisBKB15
| | `--P. sylviaBKB15
| `--+--P. ruficepsBKB15
| `--+--P. albifaciesBKB15
| `--P. capitalisBKB15
`--+--P. russatusBKB15
`--+--P. plumbeicepsBKB15
`--Todirostrum Lesson 1831BKB15, M04 [incl. Triccus Cabanis 1846B94; Triccinae]
| i. s.: T. chrysocrotaphum Strickl. 1850SS66
| T. nigricepsJT12
| T. poliocephalumJT12
| T. sylviaE52
| |--T. s. sylviaE52
| `--T. s. schistaceicepsE52
| T. viridanumJT12
|--T. pictumBKB15
`--+--T. cinereumBKB15
| |--T. c. cinereumS18
| `--T. c. finitimumS18
`--T. maculatumBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[E52] Eisenmann, E. 1952. Annotated list of birds of Barro Colorado Island, Panama Canal Zone. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 117 (5): 1–62.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[M04] Mayr, G. 2004. New specimens of Hassiavis laticauda (Aves: Cypselomorphae) and Quasisyndactylus longibrachis (Aves: Alcediniformes) from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 252: 23–28.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.

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