Grey-and-white Tyrannulet (Pseudelaenia leucospodia)

Other Scientific Names
Myiopagis leucospodia [BirdLife International (2004)], Myiopagis leucospodia [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Grey-and-white Tyrannulet, Gray-and-white Tyrannulet, Ash-colored Tyrannulet, Ash-coloured Tyrannulet

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Taczanowski, 1877)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

Arid Pacific slope and coast of western Ecuador (I de la Plata, off Manab��, also Puna I and western Guayas, southern Loja) and north-western Peru (south to La Libertad).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Grey-and-white Tyrannulet (Pseudelaenia leucospodia) [XC275064]
by Ross Gallardy from Guayas: Salinas, Ecuador (call, calls)

Grey-and-white Tyrannulet (Pseudelaenia leucospodia) [XC249707]
by Niels Krabbe from Guayas: 3 km E Punta Blanca, Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus hypothesized to be very close to Stigmatura on basis of numerous cranial and syringeal characters. Species was previously placed variously in Elaenia, Myiopagis and Phaeomyias. Birds from south-western Ecuador sometimes separated as subspecies cinereifrons, but considered probably indistinguishable from others.

References
See References.

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