Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Contopus [cinereus or bogotensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Bulgarian: Сиво пиуи
Catalan: piuí tropical
Czech: tyranovec tropický
Danish: Tropisk Pivi
German: Dunkel-Waldschnäppertyrann
English: Northern Tropical Pewee, Southern Tropical Pewee, Tropical Pewee [cinereus or pallescens]
English (Avilist): Southern Tropical Pewee
English, HBW: Southern Tropical Pewee
English (IOC): Southern Tropical Pewee
English (United States): Southern Tropical Pewee
Esperanto: cindra pivio
Spanish: Pibí tropical sureño
Spanish (Argentine): Burlisto Chico
Spanish (Ecuador): Pibí Tropical Sureño
Spanish (Spain): Pibí tropical sureño
Spanish (Mexico): Papamoscas Tropical Sureño
Spanish (Peru): Pibí Tropical Sureño
Spanish (Paraguay): Burlisto chico
Estonian: lõuna-piivitikat
Finnish: tropiikkipiivi
French: Moucherolle cendré, Moucherolle cendré (cinereus), Moucherolle cendré [cinereus ou pallescens]
French (Guyane): Moucherolle cendrée
Croatian: sinji muhar
Hungarian: trópusi pivi
Italian: Piuì tropicale
Japanese: ネッタイモリタイランチョウ
Scientific: Contopus cinereus, Contopus cinereus [cinereus or pallescens], Contopus cinereus cinereus, Platyrhynchus cinereus
Lithuanian: pilkasis pivis
Dutch: Spix' Piewie, Zuidelijke Spix' Piewie
Norwegian: tropepivi
Polish: piwik ubogi
Portuguese: piuí-cinza
Portuguese (Brazil): papa-moscas-cinzento
Portuguese (Portugal): piuí-tropical-do-sul
Russian: Серый пиви
Slovak: pamuchár tropický
Serbian: Tropski pivi
Swedish: tropikpivi
Turkish: Tropikal Pivi
Ukrainian: піві сірий
Chinese: 南热带绿霸鹟
Chinese (Traditional): 熱帶綠霸鶲