Birds of the World

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

Genus: Mecocerculus (6 species)


Rufous-winged Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus calopterus) Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru Peru
Photograph by François Grenon © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-banded Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus hellmayri) Range: SA: se Peru to nw Argentina Tucumán, Argentina
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White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys) Range: SA: Venezuela to n Argentina PNN Los Nevados, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Usually the most common in its genus, and with a bright white throat.


Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus minor) Range: SA: Venezuela, Colombia to n Peru Owlet Lodge, Abra Patricia, San Martín, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


White-tailed Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus poecilocercus) Range: SA: Colombia to Peru Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Smaller than the more common White-throated Tyrannulet


White-banded Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus stictopterus stictopterus) Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia Salento, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Smaller than the more common White-throated Tyrannulet, and with a distinctive shade of brown.

© 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