Mecocerculus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Subclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Cladus: Neornithes
Infraclassis: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Tyranni
Infraordo: Tyrannides
Parvordo: Tyrannida

Familia: Tyrannidae
Subfamilia: Elaeniinae
Genus: Mecocerculus
Species: M. calopterus - M. hellmayri - M. leucophrys - M. minor - M. poecilocercus - M. stictopterus
Name

Mecocerculus P.L. Sclater, 1862

Typus: Muscicapa leucophrys d’Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 = Mecocerculus leucophrys

Synonyms

Mecocerciscus Heine, Jr., 1890 (emend.)
Macrocerculus Madarász, 1904 (emend. or orth. err.?)

References
Primary references

Sclater, P.L. 1862. 1. Characters of Nine New Species of Birds received in collections from Bogota; 2. On Two New Species of Tyrant-birds from Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Pt. 1: 109-113. BHL Reference page. p. 113

Mecocerculus is a genus of birds in the large tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

It contains the following 6 species:[2]

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Mecocerculus leucophrys	White-throated tyrannulet	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Mecocerculus poecilocercus	White-tailed tyrannulet	Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
	Mecocerculus hellmayri	Buff-banded tyrannulet	Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru
	Mecocerculus calopterus	Rufous-winged tyrannulet	Ecuador and Peru
	Mecocerculus minor	Sulphur-bellied tyrannulet	Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
	Mecocerculus stictopterus	White-banded tyrannulet	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela

References

"Tyrannidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2019). "Tyrant flycatchers". World Bird List Version 9.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 27 June 2019.