Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huacarpay, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Huacarpay, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Juliaca, Puno
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Urubamba, Cuzco
Status: The Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant is uncommon and widespread in the high Andes at elevations ranging between 3100-4600 m. It also occurs in Bo and Ch.
Name in Spanish: Ala-Rufa Canelo.
Sub-species: Rufous-webbed Bush-Tyrant (Polioxolmis rufipennis rufipennis), (Taczanowski), 1874. Andes of Peru (S from S Amazonas, Cajamarca, and Lambayeque) and W Bolivia.
(Polioxolmis rufipennis bolivianus), (Fjeldså), 1990. Andes of WC Bolivia S to extreme N Chile and NW Argentina.
Meaning of Name: Polioxolmis: Gr. polios= gray and xolmis=word of unknown meaning. rufipennis: L. rufus= red, rufous and pennis= winged.
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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.