Silvicultrix is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
The genus was erected by the American ornithologist Wesley E. Lanyon in 1986 with the yellow-bellied chat-tyrant (Silvicultrix diadema) as the type species. Species The genus contains five species: Image Common name Scientific name Distribution Crowned chat-tyrant Silvicultrix frontalis Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Kalinowski's chat-tyrant Silvicultrix spodionota Bolivia and Peru Golden-browed chat-tyrant Silvicultrix pulchellaYungas of Peru and Bolivia. Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant Silvicultrix diademaColombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Jelski's chat-tyrant Silvicultrix jelskii Peru and southern Ecuador.
These species were formerly included in the genus Ochthoeca.
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