Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant
Pseudotriccus ruficeps(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1843)
English (US) Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant
The Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant (Pseudotriccus ruficeps) 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 western Bolivia (La Paz and Cochabamba)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pseudotriccus ruficeps
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1843)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Musicapa [Todirostrum?] ruficeps
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1843)
- Type locality
- Colombia; 'Bogota,' fide Hellmayr, 1927, Field. Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 5, p. 342.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 6 p.291
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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