Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Sooty-crowned Flycatcher (Myiarchus phaeocephalus) - HBW 9, p. 435
French: Tyran à front gris
German: Rußkappen-Schopftyrann
Spanish: Copetón Tiznado
Taxonomy: Myiarchus phaeocephalus P. L. Sclater, 1860, Babahoyo, Ecuador.
Phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA found one phenotypically typical individual of race interior more closely related to clade formed by M. venezuelensis, M. panamensis and M. ferox than to two nominate individuals of present species. Further study of decoupled molecular and morphological evolution needed. Races weakly differentiated. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- phaeocephalus P. L. Sclater, 1860 - W Ecuador (S from N W Esmeraldas and W Pichincha) and NW Peru (S to Lambayeque).
- interior J. T. Zimmer, 1938 - extreme SE Ecuador (near Zumba, in S Zamora-Chinchipe) and N Peru (upper R Marañón drainage in Cajamarca and Amazonas).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual perched and preening Locality Jorupe Reserve, Loja Province, Ecuador (ssp phaeonotus)
Richard Garrigues 14 January 2007 5 years ago 5 sec 3.3
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A bird perched up at Quebrada Frejolillo.
Locality Limon Canyon, Olmos, Lambayeque Department, Peru (ssp M.p.phaeocephalus)
neil osborne 17 January 2012 6 weeks ago 3.3
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