Chico's Tyrannulet - BirdForum Opus

Zimmerius chicomendesi

Identification

10 cm

• Upperside olive-green
• Tail and wings blackish with narrow yellow fringes to both primaries and secondaries and conspicuous yellow fringes to greater and median coverts.
• Pale green on face, throat (weakly streaked yellow/grey), and with yellow wash on breast and flanks.
• Central belly and vent area bright yellow.
• Bill reddish with lower mandible paler
• Legs black

Distribution

South America: South central Amazonian Brazil (between the Madeira and Aripuanã rivers)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

It was described as recently as 2013. Closely related to Mishana Tyrannulet which is found very far from the known range of this species.

Habitat

A type of low scrub forest on sandy ground called campina.

Behaviour

Overall a poorly known species. In feeding, closely connected to the local misteltoe from which it eats the fruit, and presumably supplements with insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
3. del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Chico's Tyrannulet (Zimmerius chicomendesi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chityr1.01

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chico's Tyrannulet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chico%27s_Tyrannulet

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