Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Phylloscartes (14 species)


Bahia Tyrannulet
Bahia Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes beckeri) Endangered
Range: SA: e Brazil
Bahia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari   © All Rights Reserved.


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


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Rufous-lored Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes flaviventris)
Range: SA: n Venezuela
   



Panama Tyrannulet
Panama Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes flavovirens)
Range: MA: Panama
Panama  
   
Photograph by Evi Meyer     Copyright and usage info

Note small size, thin black bill, yellow throat, belly and wing bars, and green/olive back. Seen with mixed flocks. Not yet recorded in Colombia, but found up to the border.

Ecuadorian Tyrannulet
Ecuadorian Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes gualaquizae)
Range: SA: s Colombia, Ecuador, n Peru
Old Loja-Zamora Highway, Zamora-Chinchipe province, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Ecuadorian Tyrannulet
Ecuadorian Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes gualaquizae)
Range: SA: s Colombia, Ecuador, n Peru
Reserva Natural La Isla Escondida, Orito, Putumayo, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note distinctive facial marks, small size, and thin bill. Follows mixed canopy flocks.

Restinga Tyrannulet
Restinga Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes kronei)
Range: SA: se Brazil
Superagui, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Aaron Maizlish     Copyright and usage info

Restricted to a 150 km. stretch of sand dune ecosystem.

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Black-fronted Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes nigrifrons)
Range: SA: tepuis
   



Oustalet's Tyrannulet
Oustalet's Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes oustaleti)
Range: SA: e, se Brazil
Tres Picos Park, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Oustalet's Tyrannulet
Oustalet's Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes oustaleti)
Range: SA: e, se Brazil
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).

Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet
Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes parkeri)
Range: SA: c Peru to n Bolivia
Villa Rica, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


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


Rufous-browed Tyrannulet
Rufous-browed Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes superciliaris)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to n Venezuela and Ecuador
Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Rare.

Bay-ringed Tyrannulet
Bay-ringed Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes sylviolus)
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and se Brazil
Curitiba, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
Range: SA: se, Peru to nw Argentina
Monteiro Lobato, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
Range: SA: se, Peru to nw Argentina
Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-green Tyrannulet
Olive-green Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes virescens)
Range: SA: ne Amazonia
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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