Acrochordopus
Sign in to saveAcrochordopus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. The genus contains two species.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- Family
- Tyrannidae
- Collections
- YPM, INMA
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, Brazil, Brasil
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Acrochordopus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. The genus contains two species.
==Taxonomy== The genus Acrochordopus was introduced in 1905 by the ornithologists Hans von Berlepsch and Carl Eduard Hellmayr. They designated the type species as Phyllomyias subviridis Pelzeln which is a junior synonym of Phyllomyias burnmeisteri Cabanis and Heine, the rough-legged tyrannulet. The genus name combines Ancient Greek ακροχορδων/akrokhordōn, ακροχορδονος/akrokhordonos meaning "wart" with πους/pous, ποδος/podos meaning "foot".
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