Tawny-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus)

Family
Tyrannidae (Tyrant-flycatchers)

Size
10.20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Wied, 1831

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry and high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 2,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay (B), Venezuela.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (72)...)

Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus) [XC232859]
by Niels Krabbe from Reserva Natural La Ceiba (Zapotillo - Loja) Chaquiro, Ecuador (call, song)

Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus) [XC786907]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Dami\u00e3o, Para\u00edba, Brazil (alarm call, call)

Subspecies
Genus once placed in the family Formicariidae because of odd tarsal scutellation. Affinities within present family uncertain.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

paulus (Bangs, 1899) - North-eastern Colombia and northern Venezuela (east to Sucre, south to north-eastern Bol��var).
fulviceps Sclater, PL, 1871 - Western and south-eastern Ecuador (southern from Manab��, including coastal islands, also southern Zamora-Chinchipe) and western and northern Peru (Tumbes south to Lima, also arid Mara��n Valley in Cajamarca, Amazonas and La Libertad). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Tawny-fronted Pygmy-tyrant (Euscarthmus fulviceps).
meloryphus Wied, 1831 - Eastern Brazil (Maranh�o and Cear� south to Mato Grosso and Rio Grande do Sul), eastern Peru (eastern Puno), eastern Bolivia (southern from Pando), northern and eastern Paraguay, north-western and north-eastern Argentina (south to Tucum�n and, in east, to C�rdoba and northern Buenos Aires) and Uruguay.

References
See References.

Files:

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