Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Grey Elaenia (Myiopagis caniceps) - HBW 9, p. 265

French: Élénie grise German: Grautyrann Spanish: Fiofío Gris
Other common names: Bananal Tyrannulet (“Serpophaga araguayae”)

Taxonomy: Tyrannula caniceps Swainson, 1835, Santo Amaro, Reconcavo da Bahia, Brazil.
Apparently closely related to M. olallai, but also suggested by some as possibly not belonging in present genus on grounds of sexual plumage dimorphism. Described taxon Serpophaga araguayae, based on a single specimen from SW Tocantins (Bananal I), in Brazil, shown to be referable to nominate race of present species. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

absita (Wetmore, 1963) - E Panama.
parambae (Hellmayr, 1904) - Chocó region of W Colombia and NW Ecuador.
cinerea (Pelzeln, 1868) - E Colombia E through NW & S Venezuela (Zulia, Bolívar, Amazonas) to SW Guyana and French Guiana, and S through E Ecuador, E Peru and W Amazonian Brazil (E to R Purus) to N Bolivia.
caniceps (Swainson, 1835) - NE, S & SE Brazil (Ceará, Alagoas, and from S Mato Grosso and Maranhão S to São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, S Bolivia (Tarija) and extreme NW & NE Argentina.