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 LC    Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant* Id (Atlas):
    Lophotriccus pileatus

Description (10)
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Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
9.50 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Tschudi, 1844)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 300 - 2,300 m, occasionally down to 100 m.

Range (Guide)
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Unknown to Honduras.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (66)...)

 
Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) [XC411527]
     by Bobby Wilcox from Colibri Trail, Rio Ayampe Reserve, Manab\u00ed Province, Ecuador (call)

 
Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) [XC333232]
     by Leonardo Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez-Delgado from Pichincha, Ecuador (call)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • luteiventris Taczanowski, 1884   -  Eastern Honduras (foothills of the Olancho), Costa Rica and Panama (east to eastern Darién).
  • santaeluciae Todd, 1952   -  North-western Venezuela (from western Zulia east to Miranda and Táchira) and adjoining Colombia.
  • squamaecrista (Lafresnaye, 1846)   -  Andes of Colombia and western Ecuador.
  • pileatus (Tschudi, 1844)   -  Andes of eastern Ecuador and eastern Peru (south to Cuzco).
  • hypochlorus von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1906   -  South-eastern Peru from Cuzco (Urubamba Valley) south to Puno (R Madre de Dios).



References
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Files:
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