Ochthoeca

Ochthoeca is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Ochthoeca
Brown-backed chat-tyrant (Ochthoeca fumicolor)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Ochthoeca Cabanis, 1847
Type species
Fluvicola oenanthoides[1] d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
Species
see text

Species

The genus contains nine species:^[2]

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Slaty-backed chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca cinnamomeiventris	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Blackish chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca nigrita	Venezuela.
	Maroon-belted chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca thoracica	South America.
	Rufous-breasted chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca rufipectoralis	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Brown-backed chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca fumicolor	Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
	Rufous-browed chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca superciliosa	Venezuela.
	D'Orbigny's chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca oenanthoides	Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
	White-browed chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca leucophrys	Puna grassland.
	Piura chat-tyrant	Ochthoeca piurae	Peru.

The genus Ochthoeca formerly included some species that are now placed in the genus Silvicultrix.