Alternative name: Rufous-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant
- Euscarthmus meloryphus
Identification
10-10.5 cm
Plain wings (slightly paler tips of greater and median coverts hint at wing bars), quite plain face, semi-concealed tawny patch on the top of its head, hints of breast being darker grey than belly.
Distribution
South America: found in Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and possibly south-eastern Peru.
Taxonomy
This species was formerly included in Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant together with Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies, widely separated from each other[1]:
- E. m. paulus:
- E. m. meloryphus:
Habitat
Scrubland, dry forest edges, dry savanna and pastures with a little scrub. Found to 700 m asl (occasionally higher such as to 1000 m in Colombia).
Behaviour
Southern birds might be migratory.
Feeding mostly near or on the ground in scrub, and not associated with mixed species flocks.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- SACC proposal to change name for members of the genus Euscarthmus to Scrub-Tyrants
- Fitzpatrick, J. W., J. del Hoyo, G. M. Kirwan, and N. Collar (2021). Rufous-crowned Pygmy-Tyrant (Euscarthmus meloryphus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (H. F. Greeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.tacpyt1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fulvous-crowned_Scrub-Tyrant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
