Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Pogonotriccus (7 species)


Chapman's Bristle Tyrant
Chapman's Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus chapmani duidae)
Range: SA: tepuis
Mount Ayanganna, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana  
   
Photograph by Jacob_R_Saucier   © All Rights Reserved.


Southern Bristle Tyrant
Southern Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus eximius) Near Threatened
Range: SA: e Paraguay, ne Argentina and se Brazil
San Rafael, Paraguay  
   
Photograph by Joe Tobias   © All Rights Reserved.


Antioquia Bristle Tyrant
Antioquia Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus lanyoni) Endangered
Range: SA: nw Colombia
Rio Claro Canyon Reserve, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Very local in Magdalena lowland forests. Different in coloration to the otherwise similar Bristle-Tyrants.

Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant
Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus ophthalmicus)
Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia
OtĂșn Quimbaya Wildlife Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

An Andean speies similar to the Slaty-capped Flycatcher, but smaller and yellower. The small thin all-black bill differentiates from the Variegated Bristle Tyrant usually seen at higher altitudes, although both species are found from around 1500 to 2500m.
From back.

Spectacled Bristle Tyrant
Spectacled Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus orbitalis)
Range: SA: s Colombia to Bolivia
Pantiacolla Ridge, Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by Graham Montgomery   © All Rights Reserved.

Seen with mixed midstory flocks. Note broken eye-ring.
A free bird.

Variegated Bristle Tyrant
Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis)
Range: SA: n Colombia and nw Venezuela to Peru
Cali, Valle de Cauca, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Note pink bill vs. all black on the Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant. Also buff and not yellow wing bars.

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Venezuelan Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus venezuelanus) Near Threatened
Range: SA: n Venezuela
   




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