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Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus pulchellus(Sclater, PL, 1874)

English (US) Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher

The Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus pulchellus) 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 foothills of southeastern Peru (Cusco and Puno)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Poecilotriccus pulchellus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Black-backed Tody-Flycatcher
Described by
(Sclater, PL, 1874)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Todirostrum pulchellum
Described by
(Sclater, PL, 1874)
Type locality
Peruvia alta, Cosnipata [= Cosfiipata, Cuzco, Peru] .
Original description
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873, pt.3 p.781

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

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