Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Infraclassis: Aves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Tyrannides
Parvordo: Tyrannida
Familia: Tyrannidae
Genus: Aphanotriccus
Species: A. audax - A. capitalis
Name
Aphanotriccus Ridgway, 1905
Typus: Myiobius capitalis Salvin, 1865 = Aphanotriccus capitalis
Synonyms
Praedo Nelson, 1912 Smithson.misc.collect. p. 14
Aphantotriccus [variation]
References
Ridgway, R. 1905. Descriptions of some new genera of Tyrannidae, Pipridae, and Cotingidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 18: 207-210. Washington. BHL Reference page. Original description p. 207
Aphanotriccus is a small genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family. They breed in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills of Central America.
There are just two species:[1]
Tawny-chested flycatcher or Salvin's flycatcher, Aphanotriccus capitalis
Black-billed flycatcher, or Nelson's flycatcher Aphanotriccus audax
The tawny-chested flycatcher breeds from eastern Nicaragua to northeastern Costa Rica, although all Nicaraguan records are historical specimens collected near Lake Nicaragua or its outflow.
The black-billed flycatcher occurs in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia.
These are uncommon inhabitants of mature evergreen forest and tall secondary growth, usually in dense understory vegetation on the woodland edges, along streams or in clearings.
These flycatchers are seen alone or in pairs seeking insects, especially beetles and ants, picked from the underside of foliage in flight.
Logging, conversion to banana plantations and cattle-ranch expansion have resulted in widespread forest clearance and severe fragmentation, particularly in Costa Rica and Panama. These species' small range and intolerance of forest fragmentation suggest that they are declining, although more research is needed.
References
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica, ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
Young and Zook, Nesting of Four Poorly-Known Bird Species on the Caribbean Slope of Costa Rica, Wilson Bull., 11 l(l), 1999, pp. 124–128
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