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Issue: Vol. 2290 No. 1: 16 Nov. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-11-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2290.1.3
Page range: 36–40
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

A new genus for three species of tyrant flycatchers (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), formerly placed in Myiophobus

Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Director of Science, Swedish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
Aves Nephelomyias lintoni Nephelomyias ochraceiventris Nephelomyias pulcher Tyrannidae taxonomy phylogeny

Abstract

A new genus, Nephelomyias, is erected for three species of Andean tyrant flycatchers (Aves: Passeriformes: Tyrannidae) traditionally placed in the genus Myiophobus. An extensive study based on molecular data has shown that they form a well supported clade that is not closely related to other Myiophobus species. Instead, they form a small independent lineage in Tyrannidae, together with Pyrrhomyias, Hirundinea and Myiotriccus.

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