White-fronted tyrannulet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Tyrannidae |
Genus: | Phyllomyias |
Species: | P. zeledoni
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Binomial name | |
Phyllomyias zeledoni (Lawrence, 1869)
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The white-fronted tyrannulet (Phyllomyias zeledoni) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
The white-fronted tyrannulet was formerly considered to be conspecific with the rough-legged tyrannulet (Phyllomyias burmeisteri).[2]
Five subspecies are recognised:[2]