Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant
Lophotriccus pileatus(Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
English (US) Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant
The Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Lophotriccus pileatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Lophotriccus pileatus luteiventris
- Lophotriccus pileatus santaeluciae
- Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista
- Lophotriccus pileatus pileatus
- Lophotriccus pileatus hypochlorus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- E[uscarthmus] pileatus
- Described by
- (Tschudi, JJ, 1844)
- Type locality
- Peru; restricted to valley of Vitoc by Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 330.
- Original description
- Archiv für Naturgeschichte 10 p.273
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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