Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus sylvia) - HBW 9, p. 333
French: Todirostre de Desmarest
German: Graukopf-Todityrann
Spanish: Titirijí Gris
Other common names: Slaty Tody-flycatcher
Taxonomy: Todus sylvia Desmarest, 1806, locality unknown = probably French Guiana.
Formerly placed in genus Todirostrum. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- schistaceiceps (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - S Mexico (from S Veracruz) S to Panama (E to Canal Zone).
- superciliaris (Lawrence, 1871) - N, W & C Colombia (Caribbean coast, Magdalena and Cauca Valleys, in middle Dagua Valley on Pacific Andean slope, and S to W Meta on E slope).
- griseolus (Todd, 1913) - N & C Venezuela and extreme E Colombia.
- schistaceiceps (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - S Mexico (from S Veracruz) S to Panama (E to Canal Zone).
- superciliaris (Lawrence, 1871) - N, W & C Colombia (Caribbean coast, Magdalena and Cauca Valleys, in middle Dagua Valley on Pacific Andean slope, and S to W Meta on E slope).
- griseolus (Todd, 1913) - N & C Venezuela and extreme E Colombia.
- sylvia (Desmarest, 1806) - extreme N Brazil (along R Branco), Guyana and French Guiana.
- schulzi (Berlepsch, 1907) - NE Brazil (SE Pará E to Piauí).
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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