Birds of Venezuela

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Ornithion (2 species, 3 worldwide)


Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Brown-capped Tyrannulet (Ornithion brunneicapillus)
San Cipriano, Valle de Cauca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A small bird similar to the Brown-capped Vireo, but smaller, yellower, and with an all-black bill, and found at low altitudes.


White-lored Tyrannulet
White-lored Tyrannulet (Ornithion inerme)
Mitu, Vaupes, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note the wing bars form white dots. Note also broken eye-ring.
Alt photo.


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