Birds of Ecuador

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Genus: Lophotriccus (2 species, 4 worldwide)


Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus squamaecrista) Farallones National Park, Cali, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Double-banded Pygmy Tyrant (Lophotriccus vitiosus affinis) Ecuador
Photograph by Cedric MROCZKO © All Rights Reserved.

Crested with black pale-edged feathers. Similar to Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant. Not clear (to me) where 'double-banded' comes from.

© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba