Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
8 - 9 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,200 m, occasionally up to 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (75)...)

Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus) [XC186142]
by Joe Klaiber from Porto Ferreira, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)

Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus) [XC442273]
by Brice de la Croix from Monte San Pedro Mi, Itap\u00faa Department, Paraguay (call, song)

Subspecies
Affinities uncertain. Probably belongs in subfamily Fluvicolinae, but further study is required.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

leuconota (Lafresnaye, 1842) - South-eastern Honduras and eastern Nicaragua south to western Colombia and western Ecuador.
fuscicapillus (Sclater, PL, 1862) - Eastern Andes of Colombia, northern Ecuador and extreme north-eastern Peru (mouth of R Curaray).
poecilonota (Cabanis, 1849) - South-eastern Venezuela (south of R Orinoco and in Amazonas) and the Guianas.
niveiceps Zimmer, JT, 1930 - South-eastern Ecuador, Peru (San Mart��n south to northern Puno) and northern Bolivia (south to Cochabamba).
colonus (Vieillot, 1818) - Central and eastern Brazil (from Maraj� I and southern Maranh�o south to southern Mato Grosso do Sul and northern Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus) - 10 files

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