Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Costa Rica
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Costa Rica
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Costa Rica
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Costa Rica
Status: The Rough-legged Tyrannulet is rare, local, and poorly known on the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 750-1600 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Moscareta de Tarso Rasposo.
Sub-species: Rough-legged Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias burmeisteri leucogonys), (P. L. Sclater and Salvin) 1871.
Meaning of Name: Phyllomyias: Gr. phullon= leaf and myias= flycatcher. burmeisteri: In honor of Prof. Dr. Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (1807-1892) German zoologist, entomologist based in Argentina 1861-1892, explorer and collector in Brazil 1850-1852 and Argentina 1857-1860.

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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 03/01/2016.