Mionectes


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 as the type species.

Species

The genus contains the following seven species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Streak-necked flycatcherMionectes striaticollisBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Olive-striped flycatcherMionectes galbinusBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Olive-streaked flycatcherMionectes olivaceusCosta Rica and Panama.
Ochre-bellied flycatcherMionectes oleagineussouthern Mexico through Central America, and South America east of the Andes as far as southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and Tobago.
McConnell's flycatcherMionectes macconnelliGuiana Shield, northern Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.
Sierra de Lema flycatcherMionectes roraimaesouthern Venezuela and the neighbouring parts of Brazil and Guiana.
Grey-hooded flycatcherMionectes rufiventrisArgentina, 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.