Lophotriccus is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.
| Lophotriccus | |
|---|---|
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| Scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Tyrannidae |
| Genus: | Lophotriccus Berlepsch, 1884 |
The genus was introduced by the German ornithologist Hans von Berlepsch in 1884.[1][2] The type species was subsequently designated as a subspecies of the scale-crested pygmy tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista) by the English zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1884.[3][4] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" with trikkos which is an unidentified small bird. In ornithology triccus is used to denote a tyrant flycatcher.[5]
Species
The genus contains the following four species:[6]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Scale-crested pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus pileatus | Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela |
 | Double-banded pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus vitiosus | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. |
 | Long-crested pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus eulophotes | western Amazon Basin of Bolivia, Brazil and Peru. |
 | Helmeted pygmy tyrant | Lophotriccus galeatus | Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. |