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.
Species
Yellow-olive Flatbill
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyTyrannidae
Observations3,825
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- Parent taxon
- Tyrannidae
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- Tolmomyias sulphurescens -Parque Estadual da Cantareira, Sao Paulo, Brazil-8.jpg
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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 Hellmayr in 1927 with the yellow-olive flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens) as the type species. The genus name Tolmomyias combines the Ancient Greek ' "courage" or "boldness" with the Neo-Latin ' "flycatcher".