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) [XC459570]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Reserva Volta Velha, Itapo\u00e1, Santa Catarina, Brazil (call)
Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps) [XC120018]
by Paulo Affonso Fonseca Pires Neto from Sao Jose dos Campos, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil (call, song)
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.