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Atlantic royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus swainsoni)
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Onychorhynchidae
Type genus
Onychorhynchus Fischer von Waldheim, 1810
Genera
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Onychorhynchidae is small family of suboscine passerine birds found in forest and woodland in the Neotropics.

Taxonomy and systematics

The family Onychorhynchidae was introduced (as the tribe Onychorhynchini) in 2009 by Jose Tello and collaborators.

The cladogram below shows the phylogenetic relationships of the families in the parvorder Tyrannida. It is based on the study by Carl Oliveros and collaborators published in 2019 and the study by Michael Harvey and collaborators that was published in 2020. The families and species numbers are from the list maintained by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC).

Tyrannida

Tityridae

becards & allies (37 species in 7 genera)

Tyrannidae

tyrant flycatchers (447 species in 106 genera)

Oxyruncidae

Oxyruncus – sharpbill

Onychorhynchidae

Onychorhynchus – royal flycatchers (2 species)

	Terenotriccus – ruddy-tailed flycatcher

	Myiobius – myiobiuses (4 species)

Species

The family contains seven species in three genera.

Image	Genus	Living Species
	Onychorhynchus Fischer von Waldheim, 1810	Atlantic royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus swainsoni) Tropical royal flycatcher (Onychorhynchus coronatus)
	Myiobius Gray, GR, 1839	Tawny-breasted myiobius (Myiobius villosus) Sulphur-rumped myiobius (Myiobius sulphureipygius) Whiskered myiobius (Myiobius barbatus) Black-tailed myiobius (Myiobius atricaudus)
	Terenotriccus Ridgway, 1905	Ruddy-tailed flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus)

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