Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Dusky-tailed Flatbill (Ramphotrigon fuscicauda) - HBW 9, p. 443

French: Tyran à queue sombre German: Dunkelschwanz-Breitschnabeltyrann Spanish: Picoplano Colioscuro

Taxonomy: Ramphotrigon fuscicauda Chapman, 1925, lower River Suno, E Ecuador.
Present genus formerly believed to be allied to flatbills (Tolmomyias and Rhynchocyclus), but apparently belongs instead with Myiarchus and relatives, based on cranial, syringeal and nesting characters; molecular data still lacking. Present species formerly placed in genus Rhynchocyclus. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Colombia (SW Putumayo), NE Ecuador (W Napo), C & E Peru (Junín and Ucayali S to Madre de Dios, Cuzco and Puno), N Bolivia and W & WC Brazil (Acre, Rondônia, Pará, Mato Grosso).