Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Urich's Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias urichi) - HBW 9, p. 260
French: Tyranneau d’Urich
German: Urichkleintyrann
Spanish: Mosquerito de Paria
Taxonomy: Mecocerculus urichi Chapman, 1899, Quebrada Seca, Sucre, Venezuela.
Genus as presently constituted may be polyphyletic; objective phylogenetic analysis, using molecular characters as well as anatomical ones, is required in order to define generic limits. Anatomical evidence suggests that P. fasciatus, P. griseocapilla and P. griseiceps may be unrelated to others of genus, some or all of which possibly better placed in resurrected genus Tyranniscus. Appears to form a superspecies with P. virescens and P. reiseri, and probably closest to latter; all were for long considered conspecific, but differences in morphology (pl.. View all taxonomy...
Genus as presently constituted may be polyphyletic; objective phylogenetic analysis, using molecular characters as well as anatomical ones, is required in order to define generic limits. Anatomical evidence suggests that P. fasciatus, P. griseocapilla and P. griseiceps may be unrelated to others of genus, some or all of which possibly better placed in resurrected genus Tyranniscus. Appears to form a superspecies with P. virescens and P. reiseri, and probably closest to latter; all were for long considered conspecific, but differences in morphology (plumage pattern, wing and tail proportions), degree of sexual dimorphism and habitat evident. Has been suggested that P. sclateri also belongs in this group. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Venezuela: mountains in NE Anzoátegui, Sucre and N Monagas.
- Endangered
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