Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus) - HBW 9, p. 262

French: Tyranneau roitelet German: Gelbscheitel-Olivtyrann Spanish: Mosquerito Coronado

Taxonomy: S[ylvia] elata Latham, 1790, Cayenne.
Monotypic genus, in many respects transitional between Phyllomyias and Myiopagis, but anatomical evidence suggests closer relationship to latter. Birds from Panama named as race panamensis and birds from N Bolivia as benii; in examination of large series of specimens, however, both considered indistinguishable from other populations. Monotypic.

Distribution: Extreme S Costa Rica, Panama, and forested South American lowlands S to WC Ecuador and, E of Andes, from Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Amazonian Brazil (E to Maranhão) S to E Peru and N Bolivia.