Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant (Atalotriccus pilaris) [XC443829]
by Jerome Fischer from Usiacur\u00ed, Atl\u00e1ntico, Colombia (call)
Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant (Atalotriccus pilaris) [XC479080]
by Rolf A. de By from La Reserva, Hueso de Vaca, Santa Catalina, Bol\u00edvar, Colombia (call)
Subspecies
Closely related to, and sometimes placed in, genus Lophotriccus, despite lack of a distinctive crown pattern. Subspecies venezuelensis only marginally distinct from nominate, perhaps better subsumed in latter.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
wilcoxi Griscom, 1924 - Western Panama (Chiriquí east to Canal Zone).
pilaris (Cabanis, 1847) - Northern Colombia (Bolívar east to Guajira, south to Huila and Meta) and north-western Venezuela (Zulia, Táchira).
venezuelensis Ridgway, 1906 - Northern Venezuela from Carabobo east to Sucre, and in llanos from western Apure east to Monagas.
griseiceps (Hellmayr, 1911) - Eastern Colombia, east-central Venezuela (northern Amazonas, northern Bolívar, Delta Amacuro) and western Guyana.