''Myiodynastes'' is a

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of birds in the family

Tyrannidae The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds known to exist in the world, with more than 400 species. They are the most dive ...

. Created by Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1857, the genus contains five species which are collectively referred to as "sulphur-bellied flycatchers"; that name is also given to one of the individual species in the genus. The genus name ''Myiodynastes'' is a compound word composed from two

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words: ''muia'', meaning "fly" and ''dunastẽs'', meaning "ruler".

List of species

The genus contains five species: * Golden-bellied flycatcher (''Myiodynastes hemichrysus'') * Golden-crowned flycatcher (''Myiodynastes chrysocephalus'') * Baird's flycatcher (''Myiodynastes bairdii'') *

Sulphur-bellied flycatcher The sulphur-bellied flycatcher (''Myiodynastes luteiventris'') is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southeasternmost Arizona of the United States (the Madrean sky islands region of Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern S ...

(''Myiodynastes luteiventris'') * Streaked flycatcher (''Myiodynastes maculatus'')

References

Bird genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Neotropics Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Tyrannidae-stub