Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus) [XC781242]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Sinop, Cascalheiras - Mato Grosso, Brazil (call)
Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis ecaudatus) [XC705430]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Darcin\u00f3polis, Darcin\u00f3polis, Tocantins, Brazil (song)
Subspecies
Formerly placed in a separate genus, Perissotriccus, along with Black-capped Pygmy-tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus). The two form a superspecies and were previously treated by many authors as conspecific.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
miserabilis (Chubb, C, 1919) - Venezuela (Carabobo, Mérida, Táchira, Barinas, northern Amazonas, Bolívar), Trinidad, the Guianas, eastern Colombia (Meta) and northern Brazil (Amapá).
ecaudatus (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) - Amazon Basin of eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, Brazil (from Amazonas east to Pará) and northern Bolivia (south to Cochabamba and Santa Cruz).