Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Grey-and-white Tyrannulet (Pseudelaenia leucospodia) - HBW 9, p. 294

French: Tyranneau gris et blanc German: Weißkronentyrann Spanish: Mosquerito Blanquigrís
Other common names: Ash-coloured Tyrannulet

Taxonomy: Elaenia leucospodia Taczanowski, 1877, Tumbes, Peru.
Genus hypothesized to be very close to Stigmatura on basis of numerous cranial and syringeal characters. Species was previously placed variously in Elaenia, Myiopagis and Phaeomyias. Birds from SW Ecuador sometimes separated as race cinereifrons, but considered probably indistinguishable from others. Monotypic.

Distribution: Arid Pacific slope and coast of W Ecuador (I de la Plata, off Manabí, also Puna I and W Guayas, S Loja) and NW Peru (S to La Libertad).