Short-tailed Pygmy-tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
6.60 cm

First Described (Guide)
(D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 950 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

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 (25)...)

Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus) [XC427624]
by Mauricio Cuellar Ramirez (@Birding.travel) from Abun\u00e3 - Transecto 10 - MD, Porto Velho-RO, Rond\u00f4nia, Brazil (chamado)

Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus) [XC402237]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Porto Estrela, Mato Grosso, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in a separate genus, Perissotriccus, along with Black-capped Pygmy-tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus). The two form a superspecies and were previously treated by many authors as conspecific.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

miserabilis (Chubb, C, 1919) - Venezuela (Carabobo, M�rida, T�chira, Barinas, northern Amazonas, Bol��var), Trinidad, the Guianas, eastern Colombia (Meta) and northern Brazil (Amap�).
ecaudatus (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Amazon Basin of eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Brazil (from Amazonas east to Par�) and northern Bolivia (south to Cochabamba and Santa Cruz).

References
See References.

Files:

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