Black-tailed Flycatcher (Myiobius atricaudus)

Family
Tityridae (Tityras And Allies)

Size
12.50 - 13 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lawrence, 1863

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland, dry and swamp forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

Black-tailed Myiobius (Myiobius atricaudus) [XC677736]
by Weber Gir\u00e3o from Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (alarm call, song)

Black-tailed Myiobius (Myiobius atricaudus) [XC532345]
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
Subspecies portovelae sometimes lumped with nominate because of similarities in plumage and poorly defined geographical boundaries between the two.

The following 7 subspecies are recognised:

atricaudus Lawrence, 1863 - South-western Costa Rica south to western Colombia.
modestus Todd, 1912 - Locally in central and eastern Venezuela (northern Bol��var).
portovelae Chapman, 1924 - Western Ecuador and north-western Peru.
adjacens Zimmer, JT, 1939 - Southern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and western Brazil south of Amazon.
connectens Zimmer, JT, 1939 - North-central and north-eastern Brazil south of Amazon.
snethlagei Hellmayr, 1927 - Coastal north-eastern Brazil.
ridgwayi von Berlepsch, 1888 - South-eastern Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-tailed Flycatcher (Myiobius atricaudus) - 10 files

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