Family: Tyrannidae
Subfamily: Elaeniinae

Zimmerius acer;
Guianan Tyrannulet.

Tyranniscus acer
SALVIN and GODMAN 1883

SACC has recently split Zimmerius acer from Zimmerius gracilipes. See SACC proposal #362. New taxon acer is distributed in the Guianas and in the north and northeast of Brasil. In the discussion about proposal #362, it was suggested that acer might comprise more than one taxon, and that further studies were required.

References:
Cory and Hellmayr 1927, p. 476;
Fitzpatrick 2004a;
SACC proposal #362;
Discussion in xeno-canto by Bob Planque.


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Guianan Tyrannulet (Zimmerius acer)
13/01/2010; Guaramiranga, Ceará, Brazil; 300 mm f2.8 lens.

Figure 1. Unfortunately, the foto is a little blurred and overexposed. Better fotos of this species, also from Guaramiranga, can be found on the wikiaves website. The pictures show that the local birds have a grey face. However, according to Fitzpatrick 2004a, "Race acer has almost pure white face." (p. 297). This inconsistency shows that morphology and/or range of taxon acer are not yet accurately defined.

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