Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Mouse-colored Tyrannulet (Phaeomyias murina) - HBW 9, p. 286
French: Tyranneau souris
German: Graubraun-Kleintyrann
Spanish: Piojito Pardo
Other common names: Tumbes Tyrannulet (tumbezana, inflava and maranonica)
Taxonomy: Platyrhynchus murinus Spix, 1825, Joazeiro, Rio São Francisco, northern Bahia, Brazil.
Race tumbezana recently treated as a separate species, presumably including inflava and maranonica, but definitive studies lacking. Described taxon ignobilis (from SC Bolivia, NW Argentina and Paraguay) indistinguishable from nominate in large series, and thus merged with latter. Seven subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- eremonoma Wetmore, 1953 - Pacific lowlands of Panama.
- incomta (Cabanis & Heine, 1859) - Colombia (N & Andes) and N Ecuador E to Venezuela (S to Apure, N Amazonas and N Bolívar) and Trinidad (including Monos I).
- tumbezana (Taczanowski, 1877) - Pacific lowlands of SW Ecuador and NW Peru (Tumbes, E Piura, NE Lambayeque).
- eremonoma Wetmore, 1953 - Pacific lowlands of Panama.
- incomta (Cabanis & Heine, 1859) - Colombia (N & Andes) and N Ecuador E to Venezuela (S to Apure, N Amazonas and N Bolívar) and Trinidad (including Monos I).
- tumbezana (Taczanowski, 1877) - Pacific lowlands of SW Ecuador and NW Peru (Tumbes, E Piura, NE Lambayeque).
- inflava Chapman, 1924 - arid NW Peru from C Piura and C Lambayeque S to N Lima.
- maranonica J. T. Zimmer, 1941 - arid NC Peru in Marañón Valley, W Amazonas, E Cajamarca and E La Libertad.
- wagae (Taczanowski, 1884) - the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, E Peru and N Bolivia.
- murina (Spix, 1825) - C, E & S Brazil (Maranhão, Ceará and Pernambuco S to Mato Grosso and São Paulo), C Bolivia (Cochabamba S to Tarija), Paraguay and NW Argentina (S to La Rioja).
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A bird perched, singing and flying away. Locality Palmeiras, Chapada Diamantina, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp murina)
Josep del Hoyo 16 January 2005 4 years ago 22 sec 4.8 -
A bird in a bush, changing branches. Locality Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp incomta)
Josep del Hoyo 4 October 2008 2 years ago 13 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched next to a Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch and flying off Locality Pousada Aguapé, Pantanal, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil (ssp murina)
Josep del Hoyo 9 January 2005 3 years ago 10 sec 4 -
A front view of a bird standing on a branch Locality Tambo Area, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (ssp murina)
Frank Witebsky 2004 4 years ago 14 sec 3.3 -
A slow motion view of a bird perched and flying away Locality Boa Nova, Bahia State, Brazil (ssp murina)
Josep del Hoyo 18 January 2005 4 years ago 8 sec 3.2 -
A bird moving among branches. Locality Petrolina, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp incomta)
Josep del Hoyo 6 October 2008 2 years ago 21 sec 3
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil (ssp incomta)
Josep del Hoyo 4 October 2008 2 years ago 3.8 -
Bird perching on a branch
Locality French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 19 April 2009 1 year ago 3.7 -
Dorsal view.
Locality Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia
Ken Havard 2 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.6 -
Perched
Locality Macas, Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador (ssp wagae)
Galo Real 13 July 2011 18 weeks ago 3.3 -
On a branch
Locality Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 13 August 2011 25 weeks ago 3.2 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
Miguel Emmanuelli 27 April 2010 1 year ago 3
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A bird singing at dawn. Locality Remire-Montjoly, French Guiana
Patrick Ingremeau 19 April 2010 1 year ago 4 -
Dawn song. Locality Chapada do Araripe, Ceará State, Brazil
(ssp murina)
Nick Athanas 11 January 2006 2 years ago 4
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