Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Pale-eyed Pygmy-tyrant (Atalotriccus pilaris) - HBW 9, p. 318
French: Microtyran coiffé
German: Blassaugen-Zwergtyrann
Spanish: Mosquerito Ojiblanco
Other common names: White-eyed Pygmy-tyrant
Taxonomy: C[olopterus] pilaris Cabanis, 1847, Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia.
Closely related to, and sometimes placed in, genus Lophotriccus, despite lack of a distinctive crown pattern. Race venezuelensis only marginally distinct from nominate, perhaps better subsumed in latter. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- wilcoxi Griscom, 1924 - W Panama (Chiriquí E to Canal Zone).
- pilaris (Cabanis, 1847) - N Colombia (Bolívar E to Guajira, S to Huila and Meta) and NW Venezuela (Zulia, Táchira).
- venezuelensis Ridgway, 1906 - N Venezuela from Carabobo E to Sucre, and in llanos from W Apure E to Monagas.
- griseiceps (Hellmayr, 1911) - E Colombia, EC Venezuela (N Amazonas, N Bolívar, Delta Amacuro) and W Guyana.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a dead branch then flying away. Locality Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp pilaris)
Keith Blomerley 13 November 2012 21 weeks ago 12 sec 4.2
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A lateral view.
Locality Minca, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia (ssp pilaris)
Ken Havard 6 January 2012 1 year ago 3.6 -
Subspecies from Perija
Locality Sierra de Perijá, Zulia State, Venezuela
kperezleon 13 April 2008 3 years ago 3.2 -
Lateral view of a bird
Locality Palma Bonita, Carabobo State, Venezuela
Dilia E. Garcia 25 January 2009 4 years ago 3.2 -
Front view of a bird
Locality Palma Bonita, Carabobo State, Venezuela
Dilia E. Garcia 25 January 2009 4 years ago 3
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Calls and song. Locality Aragua State, Venezuela
(ssp venezuelensis)
Nick Athanas 11 October 2005 3 years ago 4
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