''Myiornis'' is a bird genus 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 ...

. Discounting the

hummingbirds Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics arou ...

, they are some of the smallest birds in the world. The genus contains four species:

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Higher-level bird taxa restricted to the Neotropics Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Tyrannidae-stub