Slender-footed tyrannulet

Slender-footed tyrannulet
	Slender-footed tyrannulet (above), and ashy-headed tyrannulet (below)
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Tyrannidae
Genus:	Zimmerius
Species:	Z. gracilipes
Binomial name
	Zimmerius gracilipes; (Sclater & Salvin, 1867)
Synonyms
	Tyranniscus gracilipes;

The slender-footed tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes) is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in humid forests of the west Amazon Basin in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. Until recently, it included the Guianan tyrannulet as a subspecies.

References

Rheindt, F. E., Norman, J. A., & Christidis, L. (2008). DNA evidence shows vocalizations to be better indicator of taxonomic limits than plumage patterns in Zimmerius tyrant-flycatchers. Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics 48(1): 150-156.

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