Birds of Brazil

○ ← PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura) →

Genus: Phylloscartes (9 species, 14 worldwide)


Bahia Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes beckeri) Endangered ENDEMIC Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari © All Rights Reserved.


Alagoas Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ceciliae) Critically Endangered ENDEMIC Frei Caneca, Pernambuco, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Restinga Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes kronei) ENDEMIC Superagui, Brazil
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Restricted to a 150 km. stretch of sand dune ecosystem.

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Black-fronted Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes nigrifrons)


Oustalet's Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes oustaleti) ENDEMIC Tres Picos Park, Brazil
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Oustalet's Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes oustaleti) ENDEMIC Intervales State Park, Brazil
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Note lemon yellow especially around eye. Also note constant tail quivering (Athanas).


Minas Gerais Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes roquettei) Endangered ENDEMIC Fazenda Grotão, Brasilia, Brazil
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte © All Rights Reserved.


Bay-ringed Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes sylviolus) Curitiba, Brazil
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) Monteiro Lobato, São Paulo, Brazil
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Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis) Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-green Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes virescens) Manaus, Brazil
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

A difficult canopy species. Note olive back and head, and yellow-green front, and thin black bill.

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