Tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae)
Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola) - HBW 9, p. 287
French: Tyranneau flavéole
German: Zitronentyrann
Spanish: Mosquerito Amarillo
Taxonomy: M[uscicapa] flaveola M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823, Bahia, Brazil.
Genus was previously merged with Phylloscartes, but cranial and syringeal evidence suggest relationships elsewhere within Tyrannidae, perhaps near Phaeomyias and Nesotriccus; vocal similarities suggest relationship with Inezia subflava-caudata group. Proposed race amazonus (the Guianas, N & EC Brazil), described on basis of very few specimens, appears to be not reliably distinguishable from cerula in larger series of specimens; thus, merged with latter. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- semiflava (Lawrence, 1865) - S Nicaragua S to E Panama, including Coiba I.
- leucophrys Berlepsch, 1907 - NC Colombia (Sucre E to Magdalena Valley) and NW Venezuela (base of Sierra de Perijá S to Táchira and W Mérida, and SW Lara).
- magnirostris Hartert, 1898 - SW Ecuador (Pichincha S to Guayas and El Oro).
- semiflava (Lawrence, 1865) - S Nicaragua S to E Panama, including Coiba I.
- leucophrys Berlepsch, 1907 - NC Colombia (Sucre E to Magdalena Valley) and NW Venezuela (base of Sierra de Perijá S to Táchira and W Mérida, and SW Lara).
- magnirostris Hartert, 1898 - SW Ecuador (Pichincha S to Guayas and El Oro).
- cerula Wetmore, 1939 - locally E of Andes in Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, N Brazil (E Amazonas and R Branco E to Amapá), E Ecuador, SE Peru and N Bolivia.
- flaveola (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) - E Bolivia (N Santa Cruz) E to E & SE Brazil (Pernambuco S to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay and NE Argentina (Misiones).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird changing branches and singing. Locality Engenho Cachoeira Linda, Barreiros, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp flaveola)
Josep del Hoyo 15 October 2008 2 years ago 35 sec 3.8 -
A bird on a branch, with a prey in the bill and singing. Locality Engenho Cachoeira Linda, Barreiros, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp flaveola)
Josep del Hoyo 15 October 2008 2 years ago 39 sec 3.7 -
A dorsal and front sight of a bird perched Locality Buenaventura Reserve, El Oro Province, Ecuador (ssp magnirostris)
Richard Garrigues 8 January 2007 4 years ago 2 sec 3.6 -
A bird in a tree Locality Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2011 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 25 sec 2.7
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Side view of a bird perched on a reed. Locality Karadya Bio-Reserve, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp flaveola)
Carmelo López 25 November 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3 -
A bird perched on a reed. Locality Karadya Bio-Reserve, Misiones Province, Argentina (ssp flaveola)
Carmelo López 25 November 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4 -
An adult, lateral view
Locality Boa Vista, Roraima State, Brazil
Anselmo d Affonseca 8 weeks ago 4 -
A frontal view.
Locality Engenho Cachoeira Linda, Barreiros, Pernambuco State, Brazil (ssp flaveola)
Josep del Hoyo 15 October 2008 2 years ago 3.6 -
A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Villanueva de Pedregoso, Pérez Zeledón, San José Province, Costa Rica (ssp semiflava)
manuel retana 23 January 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
Front view of ,two birds Locality Palma Bonita, Carabobo State, Venezuela
Dilia E. Garcia 11 May 2008 3 years ago 3.3
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Calls from one bird. Locality Río Grande, Imataca Forest Reserve, Venezuela
(ssp cerulus)
Nick Athanas 19 October 2005 2 years ago 3
