Birds of Bolivia

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Zimmerius (3 species, 15 worldwide)


Bolivian Tyrannulet
Bolivian Tyrannulet (Zimmerius bolivianus)
Manu National Park, Peru  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.


Red-billed Tyrannulet
Red-billed Tyrannulet (Zimmerius cinereicapilla) Vulnerable
Villa Rica, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.



Slender-footed Tyrannulet
Slender-footed Tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes gracilipes)
Puerto NariƱo, Amazonas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

An amazing nest-builder. Note light colored eye. The Guianan Tyrannulet in northeast Brazil and the Guyanas was recently split from this species.
At large nest.


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