Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Grey-capped Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias griseocapilla) - HBW 9, p. 260
French: Tyranneau à tête grise
German: Graukappen-Kleintyrann
Spanish: Mosquerito Coronigrís
Taxonomy: Phyllomyias griseocapilla P. L. Sclater, 1862, presumably Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Genus as presently constituted may be polyphyletic; objective phylogenetic analysis, using molecular characters as well as anatomical ones, is required in order to define generic limits. Anatomical evidence suggests that present species may be closest to P. fasciatus and P. griseiceps and that all three perhaps unrelated to others of genus, some or all of which possibly better placed in resurrected genus Tyranniscus. Present species has been placed by some authors in genus Oreotriccus, which originally contained only P. plumbeiceps, but considered not allied.. View all taxonomy...
Genus as presently constituted may be polyphyletic; objective phylogenetic analysis, using molecular characters as well as anatomical ones, is required in order to define generic limits. Anatomical evidence suggests that present species may be closest to P. fasciatus and P. griseiceps and that all three perhaps unrelated to others of genus, some or all of which possibly better placed in resurrected genus Tyranniscus. Present species has been placed by some authors in genus Oreotriccus, which originally contained only P. plumbeiceps, but considered not allied to latter. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Brazil in SC Bahia and from Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo S to Santa Catarina.
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A bird in several perches Locality Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 14 September 2005 4 years ago 28 sec 4.2 -
A bird seen from below on a branch Locality Camacan, Bahia State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 21 January 2005 4 years ago 30 sec 3.4
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Bird on a branch
Locality Itatiaia National Park, Brazil
Jim Watt 23 September 2006 2 years ago 4.2 -
A bird perching on the twig
Locality Fazenda Angelim, Ubatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 19 August 2010 12 weeks ago 3.7
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A bird responding aggressively to playback. Locality Volta Velha Reserve, Itapoá, Santa Catarina State, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Nick Athanas 8 August 2008 2 years ago 4
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