Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Black-and-white Tody-tyrant (Poecilotriccus capitalis) - HBW 9, p. 330

French: Todirostre noir et blanc German: Schwarzweiß-Todityrann Spanish: Titirijí Pío
Other common names: Black-and-white Tody-flycatcher; Tricoloured Tody-tyrant (“P. tricolor”)

Taxonomy: Todirostrum capitale P. L. Sclater, 1857, River Napo, eastern Ecuador.
Formerly placed in genus Todirostrum. Sometimes considered conspecific with P. albifacies. Described taxon P. tricolor, from SW Brazil (Rondônia), has recently been subsumed into present species. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Colombia (SE Nariño, SW Putumayo), E Ecuador, E Peru and SW Brazil (Rondônia).