Empidonomus

Empidonomus is a genus of small passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae that are found in South America. The genus contains two species.

Empidonomus
Variegated flycatcher (Empidonomus varius)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Empidonomus Cabanis & Heine, 1860
Type species
Muscicapa varia Vieillot, 1818

Taxonomy

The genus Empidonomus was introduced in 1860 by the German ornithologists Jean Cabanis and Ferdinand Heine to accommodate a single species, Muscicapa varia Vieillot, the variegated flycatcher.^[1] This is the type species. ^[2] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek εμπις/empis, εμπιδος/empidos meaning "gnat" or "mosquito" with -νομος/-nomos meaning "-ruling".^[3]

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Variegated flycatcher	Empidonomus varius	widespread across South America
	Crowned slaty flycatcher	Empidonomus aurantioatrocristatus	Amazonia, central south, southeast South America