- Phylloscartes nigrifrons
Identification
12·5 cm (5 in)
- Dark grey crown
- Black forehead
- Black loral line
- White nasal bristles
- Narrow white supercilium
Distribution
South America: found in Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Moist montane forests and thick secondary growth, generally lower that the mossy cloud forest.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of insects and it is thought they eat some fruit as well.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-fronted Tyrannulet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-fronted_Tyrannulet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
