Rufous-tailed Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilurus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1862)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 650 - 3,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)

Rufous-tailed Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilurus) [XC116690]
by Andrew Spencer from ACP Abra Patricia-Alto Nieva, San Mart\u00edn, Peru (call)

Rufous-tailed Tyrant (Knipolegus poecilurus) [XC763390]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Below Alto Mayo mirador, San Martin, Peru (call, song)

Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Cnemotriccus, and later in a newly erected monotypic genus, Eumyiobius. However, appears to be closely related to members of present genus, despite lack of marked sexual plumage dimorphism. Subspecies generally poorly differentiated, and individual variation often greater than variation among taxa. Further research is required.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

poecilurus (Sclater, 1862) - Mountains of Colombia (except Santa Marta) and extreme north-western Venezuela (Sierra de Perij�).
venezuelanus (Hellmayr, 1927) - Western and northern Venezuela (T�chira, M�rida, Distrito Federal).
paraquensis Phelps & Phelps Jr, 1949 - Cerro Sipapo (Paraque), in north-western Amazonas (Venezuela).
salvini (Sclater, PL, 1888) - Southern Venezuela (cerros of central and southern Amazonas and southern Bol��var) and immediately adjoining northern Brazil and western Guyana.
peruanus (von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896) - Andes from eastern Ecuador south to south-eastern Peru (Cuzco) and central Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

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