Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Blackish Pewee (Contopus nigrescens) - HBW 9, p. 371

French: Moucherolle noirâtre German: Dunkelschnäppertyrann Spanish: Pibí Negruzco

Taxonomy: Myiochanes nigrescens P. L. Sclater and Salvin, 1880, Sarayacu, Pastaza, Ecuador.
Race canescens formerly included in C. cinereus. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • nigrescens (P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1880) - locally on E slope of Andes in Ecuador and N & S Peru; possibly also extreme S Colombia.
  • canescens (Chapman, 1926) - disjunctly in S Guyana and E Amazonian Brazil.

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