Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1824)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,000 - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B).

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 (12)...)

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) [XC838886]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Valera (near Cocachimba), Bongar\u00e1 Province, Amazonas, Peru (call)

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) [XC550931]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Forestal Belga (Cruce Caballero), San Pedro, Misiones, Argentina (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Yellow-green Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes flavovirens) and Olive-green Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes virescens), all formerly treated as conspecific. Species Restinga Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes kronei) and Bahia Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes beckeri) (both recently described) apparently belong with this group. Geographical differences minimal, and the maintaining of subspecies perhaps unwarranted.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

angustirostris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Eastern Andes from northern Peru (San Mart��n) south to northern Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
tucumanus Zimmer, JT, 1940 - North-western Argentina (Jujuy south to Tucum�n and Catamarca).
ventralis (Temminck, 1824) - South-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro south to southern Mato Grosso do Sul and Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay, north-eastern Argentina (Misiones, Entre R��os) and Uruguay.

References
See References.

Files:

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