Mionectes is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was erected in 1844 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis with the streak-necked flycatcher (Mionectes striaticollis) as the type species. Species The genus contains the following seven species: Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Streak-necked flycatcher Mionectes striaticollis Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Olive-striped flycatcher Mionectes galbinusBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Olive-streaked flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus Costa Rica and Panama. Ochre-bellied flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus southern Mexico through Central America, and South America east of the Andes as far as southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and Tobago. McConnell's flycatcher Mionectes macconnelli Guiana Shield, northern Brazil, Peru and Bolivia. Sierra de Lema flycatcher Mionectes roraimaesouthern Venezuela and the neighbouring parts of Brazil and Guiana. Grey-hooded flycatcher Mionectes rufiventris Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
The Tepui flycatcher was formerly considered conspecific with McConnell's flycatcher. The two species have similar plumage but differ in their vocalisation and display behaviour.
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