Pogonotriccus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are found in wooded habitats of Central and South America.
Taxonomy The genus was erected by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine in 1859 with the southern bristle tyrant (Pogonotriccus eximius) as the type species.. The genus has sometimes been merged into the genus Phylloscartes. In 2004 John Fitzpatrick in the Handbook of the Birds of the World chose to treat Pogonotriccus as a separate genus based on the slight differences in behaviour of the birds in the two genera. Frank Gill and David Donsker then also recognised Pogonotriccus in the list of bird species that they maintain on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee. The evidence for splitting the genus is weak: a 2009 molecular phylogenetic study that included one species from Pogonotriccus and three from Phylloscartes, found that the genetic differences were small. Species The genus contains nine species: Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Variegated bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus poecilotis Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Chapman's bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus chapmani Venezuela. Marble-faced bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Spectacled bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus orbitalis Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru Venezuelan bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus venezuelanus Venezuela. Antioquia bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus lanyoni Colombia. Southern bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus eximius Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina. Sao Paulo bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus paulista Serra do Mar bristle tyrant Pogonotriccus difficilis
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