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.

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) [XC521810]
by id from Cristalino Jungle Lodge, MT, Brazil (call)

Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus) [XC754417]
by Guy Kirwan from Sinop, Cascalheiras - Mato Grosso, Brazil (flight call, 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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