Order: Passeriformes | Family: Tyrannidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu Road, Cuzco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Unchog, Huanuco
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. SE Ecuador | SE Peru
Status: The White-throated Tyrannulet is common in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes. It also occurs on the humid west slope of the Andes in part of the Marañon Valley, Piura, and Cajamarca, and also in the Cordillera Blanca in Ancash and Lima generally at elevations ranging between 1800-4600 m. The White-throated Tyrannulet also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Tiranillo de Garganta Blanca.
Sub-species: Tiranillo de Garganta Blanca. White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys rufomarginatus), (Lawrence), 1869. Andes of S Colombia (Nariño), Ecuador and NW Peru (Piura).
(Mecocerculus leucophrys pallidior), Carriker, 1933. W Andes of Peru (Ancash).
(Mecocerculus leucophrys brunneomarginatus), Chapman, 1924. E Andes of Peru (S to Cuzco).
(Mecocerculus leucophrys leucophrys) (d’Orbigny and Lafresnaye) 1837. E Andes from S Peru (S from Cuzco and Madre de Dios) S to N Argentina (Salta, Tucumán).
Meaning of Name: Mecocerculus: Gr. mekos= length and kerkos= tail. leucophrys: Gr. leukos= white and ophrus, ophruos= eyebrow.

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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.