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Ptilogonys cinereus

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Location: Copola, Mexico

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

North America: California, Mexico, Guatemala

Accidental vagrant to Texas (2 records).

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P. c. otofuscus:

• Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico

• P. c. cinereus:

• Highlands of central and eastern Mexico

• P. c. pallescens:

• Highlands of south-western Mexico (eastern Michoacán and Guerrero)

• P. c. molybdophanes:

• Highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas) and western Guatemala

Silky-flycatchers used to be in the Bombycillidae (Waxings and Silky FC), but are now usually considered in their own family, Ptilogonatidae.

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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