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[[Image:Rough-legged_Tyrannulet.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Fritz73|Fritz73}} <br />Location: Calilegua NP, Jujuy, [[Argentina]] ]]
 
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;[[:Category:Phyllomyias|Phyllomyias]] burmeisteri
 
;[[:Category:Phyllomyias|Phyllomyias]] burmeisteri
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Two wing bars and fringes of tertials and tail feathers are yellow to yellowish-white. Eyes pale to reddish-brown.
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Ecuador]], [[Panama]], [[Paraguay]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].
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[[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Paraguay]], [[Brazil]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]], [[Panama]], and [[Costa Rica]].
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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Six subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''P.b: zeledoni''
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*''P.b: leucogenys''
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*''P.b: wetmorei''
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*''P.b: viridiceps''
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*''P.b: bunites''
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*''P.b: burmeisteri''
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist forests and montanes.
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Moist forest borders and clearings on lower mountain slopes.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Usually seen in or near canopy, often in mixed fouraging flocks. Mostly seen performing active movements.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}# Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Phyllomyias+burmeisteri}}  
 
{{GSearch|Phyllomyias+burmeisteri}}  
  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phyllomyias]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phyllomyias]]

Revision as of 03:23, 17 July 2010

Photo by Fritz73
Location: Calilegua NP, Jujuy, Argentina
Phyllomyias burmeisteri

Identification

Two wing bars and fringes of tertials and tail feathers are yellow to yellowish-white. Eyes pale to reddish-brown.

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica.

Taxonomy

Six subspecies are recognized[1]:

  • P.b: zeledoni
  • P.b: leucogenys
  • P.b: wetmorei
  • P.b: viridiceps
  • P.b: bunites
  • P.b: burmeisteri


Habitat

Moist forest borders and clearings on lower mountain slopes.

Behaviour

Usually seen in or near canopy, often in mixed fouraging flocks. Mostly seen performing active movements.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

External Links

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