Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
White-banded Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus stictopterus) - HBW 9, p. 279
French: Tyranneau à sourcils blancs
German: Weißbinden-Tachurityrann
Spanish: Piojito Alifranjeado
Taxonomy: Elainia stictoptera P. L. Sclater, 1859, Matus, Chimborazo, Ecuador.
Genus as presently constituted is probably polyphyletic, and in need of further study. Syringeal characters suggest that present species, as well as M. poecilocercus and M. hellmayri, are possibly close to Camptostoma, Inezia and relatives. Race taeniopterus intergrades with nominate in Peru (E La Libertad). Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- albocaudatus Phelps, Sr & Gilliard, 1941 - Andes of W Venezuela (Trujillo, Mérida, Táchira).
- stictopterus (P. L. Sclater, 1859) - Andes of Colombia, Ecuador (both slopes) and N Peru (Piura, Cajamarca, Amazonas).
- taeniopterus Cabanis, 1874 - E Andes of Peru (S from E La Libertad) S to N Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched, looking around and flying away Locality Pasochoa, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp stictopterus)
Alex García · Videoaves 7 July 2011 15 weeks ago 13 sec 4
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perched
Locality Guango Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp stictopterus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 30 November 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
Perched on a branch
Locality Yanacocha Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
David Weaver 1 year ago 3
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calls of a bird in a mixed-species flock Locality Papallacta, Napo Province, Ecuador
(ssp stictopterus)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 15 December 2009 2 years ago 2
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