Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Rusty-fronted Tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus latirostris) - HBW 9, p. 331

French: Todirostre à front roux German: Rostzügel-Todityrann Spanish: Titirijí Frentirrojo

Taxonomy: Euscarthmus latirostris Pelzeln, 1868, Borba, River Madeira, Amazonas, Brazil.
Formerly placed in genus Todirostrum. Forms a superspecies with P. fumifrons. Seven subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • mituense (Olivares, 1965) - E Colombia (around Mitú, Vaupés).
  • caniceps (Chapman, 1924) - S Colombia (W Caquetá) E to NW Brazil (E to Tefé) and S to E Ecuador and E Peru.
  • senectus (Griscom & Greenway, 1937) - N Brazil N of Amazon (NE Amazonas E to NW Pará).

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  • mituense (Olivares, 1965) - E Colombia (around Mitú, Vaupés).
  • caniceps (Chapman, 1924) - S Colombia (W Caquetá) E to NW Brazil (E to Tefé) and S to E Ecuador and E Peru.
  • senectus (Griscom & Greenway, 1937) - N Brazil N of Amazon (NE Amazonas E to NW Pará).
  • latirostris (Pelzeln, 1868) - C Amazonian Brazil from upper R Juruá and R Purús E to Parintins.
  • austroriparius (Todd, 1952) - right bank of R Tapajós, in W Pará (Brazil).
  • mixtus (J. T. Zimmer, 1940) - SE Peru (from N Puno) S to NW Bolivia (La Paz, Beni, Cochabamba).
  • ochropterus (J. A. Allen, 1889) - S Brazil (Mato Grosso S to N São Paulo).