Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus sylvia)

Other Scientific Names
Todirostrum sylvia [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Todirostrum sylvia [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Slaty Tody-flycatcher, Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Desmarest, 1806)

Range (Guide)

Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (60)...)

Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus sylvia) [XC354884]
by Victor Vanegas from left bank of Rio Uraricuera, just east of BR-174, Roraima, Brazil (song)

Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus sylvia) [XC532721]
by Mauricio \u00c1lvarez-Rebolledo (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from Vereda Los Boh\u00edos, Hacienda Tintin\u00e1, Cuenca r\u00edo Tapias, Guadual y borde de ca\u00f1ada, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

schistaceiceps (Sclater, PL, 1859) - Southern Mexico (from southern Veracruz) south to Panama (east to Canal Zone).
superciliaris (Lawrence, 1871) - Northern, western and central Colombia (Caribbean coast, Magdalena and Cauca Valleys, in middle Dagua Valley on Pacific Andean slope, and south to western Meta on eastern slope).
griseolus (Todd, 1913) - Northern and central Venezuela and extreme eastern Colombia.
sylvia (Desmarest, 1806) - Extreme northern Brazil (along R Branco), Guyana and French Guiana.
schulzi (von Berlepsch, 1907) - North-eastern Brazil (south-eastern Par� east to Piau��).

References
See References.

Files:

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