Flatbill refers to the members of two
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
of the family
Tyrannidae
The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) comprise a Family (biology), family of passerine birds which is found virtually throughout North America, North and South America. It is the world's largest family of birds, with more than 400 species, and is ...
:
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Ramphotrigon''
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Rhynchocyclus''
In recent years it has also frequently been used for the members of another genus in the family Tyrannidae:
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Tolmomyias
''Tolmomyias'' is a genus of Neotropical birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is one of the two genera containing the "flatbills"; the other is ''Rhynchocyclus''.
The genus was erected by the Austrian ornithologist Carl Eduard He ...
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