Ochthoeca

Ochthoeca
Yellow-bellied chat-tyrant
(O. diadema)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Ochthoeca
Cabanis, 1847
Species

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Ochthoeca is a genus of birds in the Tyrannidae family.

In recent times, it has usually contained the following species:

But it has turned out that the last three, which some had considered to belong in Silvicultrix, may form a distinct genus. However, they are anatomically very similar and the genetic data may to be inconsistent, so the question is not fully resolved.

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