Birds of the World

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Genus: Serpophaga (5 species)


Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea cinerea) Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Bolivia El Salado Parque Ecoturístico, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Common along fast moving streams and the fields around them.


Straneck's Tyrannulet (Serpophaga griseicapilla) Range: SA: cw, nw Argentina Dique Florentino Ameghino, Chubut province, Argentina
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to the White-crested Tyrannulet. Austral migrant from Argentina.


River Tyrannulet (Serpophaga hypoleuca hypoleuca) Range: SA: Orinoco, Amazon and tributaries Marchantaria Island, Irandub, Amazonas, Brazil Very small like the related Torrent Tyrannulet, but found along big Amazon rivers.
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Sooty Tyrannulet (Serpophaga nigricans) Range: SA: s Bolivia, e Paraguay and sc Brazil to c Argentina and Uruguay Yala, Argentina
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White-crested Tyrannulet (Serpophaga subcristata subcristata) Range: SA: Bolivia and s Brazil to c Argentina and Uruguay Argentina
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White-crested Tyrannulet (Serpophaga subcristata) Range: SA: Bolivia and s Brazil to c Argentina and Uruguay Rio Piracicaba, MG, Brazil Note small size. White crest usually visible.
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza © All Rights Reserved.


White-crested Tyrannulet (Serpophaga subcristata munda) Range: SA: Bolivia and s Brazil to c Argentina and Uruguay Mendoza, Argentina
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In 2023 the White-bellied Tyrannulet was lumped into this species. Note lack of yellow.

© 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