Spot-billed Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris) [XC38395]
by Andrew Spencer from Finca El Emporio (represa), Villa de Leyva, Boyaca, Colombia (song)
Spot-billed Ground Tyrant (Muscisaxicola maculirostris) [XC696431]
by id from Los Andes, Los Andes, Valpara\u00edso, Chile (song)
Subspecies
Usually considered closely allied with Little Ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola fluviatilis), but recent phylogenetic work does not suggest so close a relationship.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
niceforoi Zimmer, JT, 1947 - Northern part of eastern Andes of Colombia.
rufescens von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1896 - Ecuador.
maculirostris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 - Breeds Peru, Bolivia, Chile and western Argentina (Jujuy south to Santa Cruz); southern populations migrate north.