Other Scientific Names
Todirostrum plumbeiceps [BirdLife International (2004)], Todirostrum plumbeiceps [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Todirostrum plumbeiceps [Stotz et al. (1996)]
Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps) [XC581698]
by Dante Buzzetti from Sitio Piraquara, S\u00e3o Louren\u00e7o da Serra, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (call)
Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps) [XC248090]
by Peter Boesman from Campo Mour\u00e3o, Paran\u00e1, Brazil (call)
Subspecies
Formerly placed in genus Todirostrum. Forms a superspecies with Ruddy Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus russatus).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
obscurus (Zimmer, JT, 1940) - South-eastern Peru (from Cuzco) south to eastern Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
viridiceps (Salvadori, 1897) - Southern Bolivia (from Chuquisaca) south to northern Argentina (Salta).
cinereipectus (Novaes, 1953) - North-eastern and central-eastern Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, south-eastern Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo).
plumbeiceps Lafresnaye, 1846 - Eastern Paraguay, south-eastern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and Sío Paulo south to Rio Grande do Sul), north-eastern Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes) and north-eastern Uruguay.