Polystictus (bird)

Polystictus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae commonly known as tachuris.

Polystictus
Bearded tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Polystictus Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Platyrhynchus minimus[1] Gould, 1839

The genus contains the following two species:^[2]

Genus Polystictus – Reichenbach, 1850 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Bearded tachuri	Polystictus pectoralis (Vieillot, 1817)	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Grey-backed tachuri	Polystictus superciliaris (Wied, 1831)	Brazil.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC