| Myiozetetes | |
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| Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Myiozetetes P.L. Sclater, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Muscicapa cayanensis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Species | |
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Myiozetetes is a small genus ofpasserine birds in thetyrant flycatcher family. The four species occur in tropicalCentral andSouth America.
The genusMyiozetetes was introduced by the English zoologistPhilip Sclater in 1859 with therusty-margined flycatcher as thetype species.[1] The name of the genus combines theAncient Greekmuias "fly" andzētētēs "searcher".[2]
The genus contains four species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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.jpg) | Myiozetetes cayanensis | Rusty-margined flycatcher | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also eastern Panama. |
| Myiozetetes similis | Social flycatcher | from northwestern Mexico south to northeastern Peru, southern Brazil and northwestern Argentina |
.jpg) | Myiozetetes granadensis | Grey-capped flycatcher | eastern Honduras south to northwestern Peru, northern Bolivia and western Brazil |
 | Myiozetetes luteiventris | Dusky-chested flycatcher | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
The adultMyiozetetes flycatcher is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) long and weighs 24–30 g (0.85–1.06 oz). The upperparts are olive-brown, and the wings and tail are brown with only faintrufous fringes. The underparts are yellow and the throat is white. Young birds lack the red-orange crown stripe of the adult, and have chestnut fringes to the wing and tail feathers. The best distinction between the species is the head pattern: Vermilion-crowned, social and rusty-margined flycatchers have strong black-and white head markings like thegreat kiskadee, whereas grey-capped and dusky-chested flycatchers have greyish heads, with a short weak eyestripe in the former.
Myiozetetes flycatcherssally out from an open perch in a tree to catchinsects in flight. They sometimes hover to take smallberries. They breed in cultivation, pasture, and open woodland with some trees, building a large roofed nest from stems and in a bush, tree or on a building. The nest is often constructed near awasp,bee orant nest, or the nest of another tyrant flycatcher. The nest site is often near or over water. The typical clutch is two to four brown or lilac-blotched cream or white eggs, laid between February and June.
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