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Zimmerius gracilipes

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Location: Alta Floresta, Brazil

[edit] Identification

Upperside is olive-brown including crown and tail, wings are brown with yellow fringes (but no wing bars), underside olive on breast and flanks, yellow belly and undertail coverts, and whitish throat. It has pale blue eyes, and is greenish on the breast and flanks.

[edit] Distribution

Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

[edit] Taxonomy

Two subspecies are recognized:

• Z. g. gracilipes
• Z. g. gilvus

Guianan Tyrannulet Zimmerius acer has been split from this taxon.^[1][2][4] Within the area where Z. acer occurs, Z. g. gracilipes occurs on the slopes of Mt. Roraima and probably other Tepuis.

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and on Tepuis.

[edit] Behaviour

The song is similar to that of Guianan Tyrannulet, but the call is distinctly different.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
4. SACC proposal to split Slender-footed Tyrannulet

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