Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus) - HBW 9, p. 405

French: Moucherolle à longs brins German: Weißkappen-Schleppentyrann Spanish: Mosquero Colilargo

Taxonomy: Muscicapa colonus Vieillot, 1818, Paraguay.
Affinities uncertain; probably belongs in subfamily Fluvicolinae, but further study required. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

leuconota (Lafresnaye, 1842) - SE Honduras and E Nicaragua S to W Colombia and W Ecuador.
fuscicapillus (P. L. Sclater, 1861) - E Andes of Colombia, N Ecuador and extreme NE Peru (mouth of R Curaray).
poecilonota (Cabanis, 1848) - SE Venezuela (S of R Orinoco and in Amazonas) and the Guianas.

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leuconota (Lafresnaye, 1842) - SE Honduras and E Nicaragua S to W Colombia and W Ecuador.
fuscicapillus (P. L. Sclater, 1861) - E Andes of Colombia, N Ecuador and extreme NE Peru (mouth of R Curaray).
poecilonota (Cabanis, 1848) - SE Venezuela (S of R Orinoco and in Amazonas) and the Guianas.
niveiceps J. T. Zimmer, 1930 - SE Ecuador, Peru (San Martín S to N Puno) and N Bolivia (S to Cochabamba).
colonus (Vieillot, 1818) - C & E Brazil (from Marajó I and S Maranhão S to S Mato Grosso do Sul and N Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).