Black-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus granadensis) [XC523341]
by id from Montezuma Peak Road, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, W Andes - Tatama National Park, Colombia (call, song)
Black-throated Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus granadensis) [XC481319]
by Rolf A. de By from El Dorado lodge, Cumbre trail, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia (call)
Subspecies
Formerly treated in genus Euscarthmornis and later in Idioptilon, both now defunct. Possibly a member of the superspecies formed by Buff-breasted Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus mirandae), Cinnamon-breasted Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus) and Kaempfer's Tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi). Vocal and plumage differences across its range suggest that more than one species may be involved. Subspecies andinus doubtfully distinct from intensus.
The following 7 subspecies are recognised:
lehmanni (Meyer de Schauensee, 1945) - Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, in northern Colombia.
granadensis (Hartlaub, 1843) - Colombia (western and central Andes) and northern Ecuador (western slope in Carchi, eastern slope south to western Napo).
andinus (Todd, 1952) - Eastern Andes in western Venezuela (Páramo de Tamá, in Táchira) and Colombia (Norte de Santander and Santander).
pyrrhops (Cabanis, 1874) - South-eastern Ecuador (eastern Loja) and Andes of Peru (Amazonas south to Cuzco).
caesius (Carriker, 1932) - South-eastern Peru (Puno) and western and west-central Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet