White-cheeked tody-flycatcher

White-cheeked tody-flycatcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Tyrannidae
Genus:Poecilotriccus
Species: P. albifacies
Binomial name
Poecilotriccus albifacies
(Blake, 1959)

The white-cheeked tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus albifacies) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Todirostrum, and known as the white-cheeked tody-tyrant.[2]

It is endemic to humid bamboo thickets in south-eastern Peru, but stray individuals have been sighted in Bolivia

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Poecilotriccus albifacies". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Modify English names of some Poecilotriccus flycatchers - South American Classification Committee (2008)
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