Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) - HBW 9, p. 317

French: Microtyran chevelu German: Rot-Schuppenkopftyrann Spanish: Cimerillo Andino

Taxonomy: E[uscarthmus] pileatus Tschudi, 1844, Valley of Vitoc, Junín, Peru.
Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

luteiventris Taczanowski, 1884 - E Honduras (foothills of the Olancho), Costa Rica and Panama (E to E Darién).
sanctaeluciae Todd, 1952 - NW Venezuela (from W Zulia E to Miranda and Táchira) and adjoining Colombia.
squamaecrista (Lafresnaye, 1846) - Andes of Colombia and W Ecuador.

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luteiventris Taczanowski, 1884 - E Honduras (foothills of the Olancho), Costa Rica and Panama (E to E Darién).
sanctaeluciae Todd, 1952 - NW Venezuela (from W Zulia E to Miranda and Táchira) and adjoining Colombia.
squamaecrista (Lafresnaye, 1846) - Andes of Colombia and W Ecuador.
pileatus (Tschudi, 1844) - Andes of E Ecuador and E Peru (S to Cuzco).
hypochlorus Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1906 - SE Peru from Cuzco (Urubamba Valley) S to Puno (R Madre de Dios).