Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Bronze-olive Pygmy-tyrant (Pseudotriccus pelzelni) - HBW 9, p. 290
French: Tyranneau bronzé
German: Bronzeolivtyrann
Spanish: Tiranuelo Bronceado
Taxonomy: Pseudotriccus pelzelni Taczanowski and Berlepsch, 1885, Machay and Hacienda Mapoto, Tungurahua, Ecuador.
Forms a superspecies with P. simplex, and possibly conspecific. Races berlepschi and annectens intergrade on WC Colombian slopes. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- berlepschi Nelson, 1913 - E Panama and NW Colombia (E to W Caldas).
- annectens (Salvadori & Festa, 1899) - SW Colombia and NW Ecuador.
- pelzelni Taczanowski & Berlepsch, 1885 - E Andes of Colombia and E Ecuador.
- peruvianus Bond, 1947 - locally in E Andes of Peru (San Martín S to Cuzco).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A juvenile sat motionless on a branch.
Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp annectens)
Steve Blain 4 April 2005 2 years ago 4
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Song and mechinical noise produced by wing snapping. Locality Los Cedros Reserve, Imbabura Province, Ecuador
(ssp annectens)
Scott Olmstead 19 June 2008 2 years ago 4
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