Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Ochre-faced Tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus plumbeiceps) - HBW 9, p. 331

French: Todirostre gorgeret German: Ockergesicht-Todityrann Spanish: Titirijí Cabecicanela

Taxonomy: T[odirostrum] plumbeiceps Lafresnaye, 1846, “Brésil, Bolivie” = Paraguay.
Formerly placed in genus Todirostrum. Forms a superspecies with P. russatus. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • obscurum (J. T. Zimmer, 1940) - SE Peru (from Cuzco) S to E Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
  • viridiceps (Salvadori, 1897) - S Bolivia (from Chuquisaca) S to N Argentina (Salta).
  • cinereipectus (Novaes, 1953) - NE & CE Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, SE Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo).
  • plumbeiceps (Lafresnaye, 1846) - E Paraguay, SE Brazil (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo S to Rio Grande do Sul), NE Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes) and NE Uruguay.