Ornithion is a genus of birds in the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Ornithion
White-lored tyrannulet (Ornithion inerme)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Tyrannidae
Genus: Ornithion
Hartlaub, 1853
Type species
Ornithion inerme[1]
Hartlaub, 1853

Species

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The genus contains three species:[2]

Genus Ornithion Hartlaub, 1853 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Brown-capped tyrannulet

 

Ornithion brunneicapillus
(Lawrence, 1862)
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.
 
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White-lored tyrannulet

 

Ornithion inerme
Hartlaub, 1853
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
 
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 LC 


Yellow-bellied tyrannulet

 

Ornithion semiflavum
(Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1860)
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
 
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References

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  1. ^ "Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
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