Silvicultrix


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 as the type species.

Species

The genus contains five species:
ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
Crowned chat-tyrantSilvicultrix frontalisBolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Kalinowski's chat-tyrantSilvicultrix spodionotaBolivia and Peru
Golden-browed chat-tyrantSilvicultrix pulchellaYungas of Peru and Bolivia.
Yellow-bellied chat-tyrantSilvicultrix diademaColombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
Jelski's chat-tyrantSilvicultrix jelskiiPeru and southern Ecuador.

These species were formerly included in the genus Ochthoeca.