Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant
Myiornis atricapillus(Lawrence, GN, 1875)
English (US) Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant
The Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus) 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: humid lowlands of Costa Rica to western Colombia and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myiornis atricapillus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1875)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Orchilus atricapillus
- Described by
- (Lawrence, GN, 1875)
- Type locality
- Angostura and 'Volcan de Irazii' [= Talamanca, fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 339] , Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.5, no.19 p.385
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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