Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. E Colombia|Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Colombia
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. E Colombia|Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Mitu, Colombia
Status: The Bright-rumped Attila is fairly common and widespread in Amazonia where it is known to range up to 1200 m along the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Atila Polimorfo.
Sub-species: Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus spadiceus), (J. F. Gmelin), 1789.
Meaning of Name: Attila: Attila (406-453) ruler of the Hunnish tribes that ravaged Europe in the fifth century, who revelled in the appelation “Scourge of God.” The Attilas were given this epithet because of their aggressive behaviour and tyrant flycatcher-like appearance and affinities. spadiceus: L. spadix, spadices= chestnut-colored, brown-colored

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2017.