Myiodynastes

Myiodynastes is a genus of birds in the family Tyrannidae. 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.^[2] The genus name Myiodynastes is a compound word composed from two Greek words: muia, meaning "fly" and dunastẽs, meaning "ruler".^[3]

Myiodynastes
Golden-crowned flycatcher Myiodynastes chrysocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Myiodynastes Bonaparte, 1857
Type species
Myiodynastes audax[1] Bonaparte, 1857
Species
Myiodynastes bairdii Myiodynastes chrysocephalus Myiodynastes hemichrysus Myiodynastes luteiventris Myiodynastes maculatus

List of species

The genus contains five species:^[4]

• Golden-bellied flycatcher (Myiodynastes hemichrysus)
• Golden-crowned flycatcher (Myiodynastes chrysocephalus)
• Baird's flycatcher (Myiodynastes bairdii)
• Sulphur-bellied flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris)
• Streaked flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)