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Sooty-headed Tyrannulet
Phyllomyias griseiceps (Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1871)
Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
Sooty-headed Tyrannulet, Phyllomyias griseiceps, is a passerine of the tyrant flycatcher family found in humid forest and more open wooded places across Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. Its range is broken into separate populations from eastern Panama and north-western Colombia to the Guianas and northern Brazil, with further groups in western Ecuador, southern Ecuador and central Peru, and in parts of Colombia and Venezuela. It is a resident bird. The sexes look alike, and adults show a greyish to blackish crown with a pale belly.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Tyrannidae — Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura
- Breeding range
- South America: e Panama to the Guianas and n Brazil, e Ecuador and e Peru, sw Colombia and nw Ecuador
