White-tailed Tyrannulet
Mecocerculus poecilocercus(Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1873)
English (US) White-tailed Tyrannulet
The White-tailed Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus poecilocercus) 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.
Range: Andes of Colombia to Ecuador and southern Peru (Cusco)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mecocerculus poecilocercus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-tailed Tyrannulet
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Serpophaga poecilocerca
- Described by
- (Sclater, PL; Salvin, O, 1873)
- Type locality
- Puellaro, 8,000 ft., Pichincha, Ecuador.
- Original description
- Nomenclator Avium Neotropicalium (etc.) p.47,158
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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