Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher (Poecilotriccus capitalis)
About the Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher
The black-and-white tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus capitalis) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. The black-and-white tody-flycatcher was originally described in 1857 as Todirostrum capitale. The species eventually received the English name "black-and-white tody-tyrant" and the specific epithet capitalis. Following a 1988 publication, taxonomic systems moved capitalis and several other species from Todirostrum to genus Poecilotriccus. By the early twenty-first century genus Poecilotriccus had species called both "tody-tyrant" and "tody-flycatcher" so taxonomic systems began renaming the "tyrants" to "flycatcher".
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3 recordings on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×3 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru · xeno-canto lists 87 recordings for this species in total.
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