Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
18 - 19 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1860

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland and forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Ecuador, Peru.

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 (13)...)

Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus) [XC249751]
by Niels Krabbe from Guayas: Colinas de Engunga, Ecuador (call, calls)

Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus) [XC250161]
by Niels Krabbe from El Oro: Carcabon, Arenillas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (call, calls)

Subspecies
Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA found one phenotypically typical individual of subspecies interior more closely related to clade formed by Venezuelan Flycatcher (Myiarchus venezuelensis), Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis) and Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox) than to two nominate individuals of present species. Further study of decoupled molecular and morphological evolution needed. Subspecies weakly differentiated.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

phaeocephalus Sclater, 1860 - Western Ecuador (southern from northern western Esmeraldas and western Pichincha) and north-western Peru (south to Lambayeque).
interior Zimmer, JT, 1938 - Extreme south-eastern Ecuador (near Zumba, in southern Zamora-Chinchipe) and northern Peru (upper R Mara��n drainage in Cajamarca and Amazonas).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus) - 10 files

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