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Empidonax
Empidonax is a genus of small tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) established by Cabanis in 1855; its North American species, such as Willow, Alder, Least, and Western Flycatcher, are notoriously similar and identified mainly by voice.
Inezia
Inezia (Cherrie, 1909) is a genus of South American tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) with four species: Pale-tipped, Plain, Amazonian, and Slender-billed Inezia; ITIS TSN 557786, valid, IOC World Bird List v15.1.
Legatus
Legatus is a monotypic genus of tyrant flycatchers established by Philip Lutley Sclater in 1859. Its single species, the piratic flycatcher, breeds by usurping the nests of other birds.
Myiarchus
Myiarchus (crested flycatchers), genus of tyrant flycatchers erected by Cabanis in 1844, type species M. ferox; about 22 species across the Americas, two main mtDNA clades, likely South American origin, notoriously hard to identify by plumage.
Sayornis
Sayornis (phoebes) is a genus of three American tyrant flycatcher species, Tyrannidae, established by Bonaparte in 1854: Black, Eastern, and Say's Phoebe, insect-eating tail-pumping birds that nest on buildings and bridges.
Tyrannus
Tyrannus (kingbirds) is a Lacépède 1799 genus of New World tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) with 13 species including the eastern, western, tropical, and scissor-tailed kingbirds, defined by skull synapomorphies and studied for migration-driven wing and bill evolution.