Ramphotrigon

Ramphotrigon is a genus of tyrant flycatchers in the family Tyrannidae.

Ramphotrigon
Rufous-tailed flatbill (Ramphotrigon ruficauda)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Ramphotrigon G.R. Gray, 1855
Type species
Platyrhynchus ruficauda[1] von Spix, 1825
Species
4, see text.
Synonyms
Rhamphotrygon Sundevall, 1872 (unjustified emendation)

Species

Established in 1872 by George Robert Gray, it contains four species:^[2]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Large-headed flatbill	Ramphotrigon megacephalum	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Flammulated flycatcher	Ramphotrigon flammulatum	south and southwest Mexico
	Rufous-tailed flatbill	Ramphotrigon ruficauda	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
	Dusky-tailed flatbill	Ramphotrigon fuscicauda	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

The name Ramphotrigon is a combination of the Greek words rhamphos, meaning "bill" and trigonōn, meaning "triangle".^[3]