Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Nesotriccus (4 species, 5 worldwide)



Northern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
Northern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet (Nesotriccus incomtus incomtus)
Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A widespread greyish-brown 'mouse' colored tyrannulet with pale brow and varying amounts of yellow in the chest/belly.
Additional photo.
Additional photo.

Maranon Tyrannulet
Maranon Tyrannulet (Nesotriccus maranonicus)
Abra Porculla,  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.

Split from the Tumbes Tyrannulet, and very similar but found at higher elevations.


Southern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet
Southern Mouse-colored Tyrannulet (Nesotriccus murinus murinus)
Serra do Cipó, Minas Gerais, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

A widespread greyish-brown 'mouse' colored tyrannulet with pale brow and varying amounts of yellow in the chest/belly.
Alt photo.

Tumbesian Tyrannulet
Tumbesian Tyrannulet (Nesotriccus tumbezanus)
Chaparri Lodge, Peru  
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.

A Tumbes endemic once considered the same species as the Mouse-colored Tyrannulet.


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