Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris)

Family
Vireonidae (Vireos)

Size
14.50 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lafresnaye, 1842

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,300 - 2,700 m, occasionally down to 650 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Ecuador.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (44)...)

Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris) [XC750639]
by from Caba\u00f1as San Isidro, Cosanga, Quijos, Napo, Ecuador (song)

Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris) [XC262338]
by Olaf Jahn from Esmeraldas: El Cristal Alto, R\u00edo Pachamama valley, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Genus formerly placed in its own separate family, Cyclarhidae. Sometimes placed in a subfamily, Cyclarhinae.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

nigrirostris Lafresnaye, 1842 - Upper tropical and subtropical zones of Colombia west of eastern Andes (excluding Santa Marta region and also Nariño) and of eastern slope in Ecuador (southern at least to central Napo).
atrirostris Sclater, PL, 1887 - Upper tropical zone in western Andes of southern Colombia (Nariño) and southern into Ecuador (southern generally to Pichincha, but at least one sighting has been reported as far southern as El Oro).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-billed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris) - 10 files

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