Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

White-bellied Pygmy-tyrant (Myiornis albiventris) - HBW 9, p. 316

French: Microtyran à ventre blanc German: Weißbauch-Zwergtyrann Spanish: Mosqueta Ventriblanca
Other common names: White-breasted Pygmy-tyrant

Taxonomy: Orchilus albiventris Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1894, La Merced, 2600 feet [c. 790 m], Junín, central Peru.
Forms a superspecies with M. auricularis, and sometimes considered conspecific. Monotypic.

Distribution: Locally at base of E slope of Andes in C & E Peru (Junín, Huánuco, Pasco, Ayacucho, E Puno) and N Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, W Santa Cruz).

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