Tanagers (Thraupidae)

Capped Conebill (Conirostrum albifrons) - HBW 16, p. 263

French: Conirostre coiffé German: Kappenspitzschnabel Spanish: Conirrostro Coronado
Other common names: Blue-capped Conebill (“atrocyaneum group”); White-capped Conebill (cyanonotum, albifrons and centralandium)

Taxonomy: Conirostrum albifrons Lafresnaye, 1842, Bogotá, Colombia.
Genus has sometimes been placed in Coerebidae or Parulidae, but molecular-genetic data indicate that it belongs in present family, with Oreomanes as sister-group. Dark-crowned races atrocyaneum, sordidum and lugens have sometimes been regarded as representing a separate species. Six subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

cyanonotum Todd, 1932 - N Venezuela (coastal cordillera of Aragua, Vargas and Distrito Federal).
albifrons Lafresnaye, 1842 - W Venezuela (Andes of S Táchira) and W slope of E Andes of Colombia (S to latitude of Bogotá).
centralandium Meyer de Schauensee, 1946 - C Andes of Colombia (Antioquia S to W Huila, and on E slope in Nariño).

See all 6 subspecies

cyanonotum Todd, 1932 - N Venezuela (coastal cordillera of Aragua, Vargas and Distrito Federal).
albifrons Lafresnaye, 1842 - W Venezuela (Andes of S Táchira) and W slope of E Andes of Colombia (S to latitude of Bogotá).
centralandium Meyer de Schauensee, 1946 - C Andes of Colombia (Antioquia S to W Huila, and on E slope in Nariño).
atrocyaneum Lafresnaye, 1848 - W Andes of Colombia (Antioquia S on W slope to Nariño) S through Ecuador to N Peru (Piura and Cajamarca).
sordidum Berlepsch, 1901 - Andes of C Peru (from Junín) S to N Bolivia (La Paz).
lugens Berlepsch, 1901 - Andes of Bolivia (Cochabamba and Santa Cruz).