Alternative name: Fulvous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant
- Euscarthmus fulviceps
Identification
10-10.5 cm
Plain wings (slightly paler tips of greater and median coverts hint at wing bars), front and lores tawny, very limited semi-concealed tawny patch on the top of its head, underside pale and without contrast breast to belly.
Distribution
Tropical southwest Ecuador and western Peru (south to La Libertad).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This species was formerly included in Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant together with Fulvous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant.
Habitat
Mostly found in scrub or in drier forest edge vegetation.
Behaviour
Presumably feeding on insects and similar invertebrates which are caught on or low over the ground in low dense vegetation.
Vocalisation
Song is described as starting with 2-5 rattling notes and thereafter followed by musical phrases of 8-11 notes given in less than a second and increasing in pitch.
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
- Greeney, H. F. (2021). Fulvous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant (Euscarthmus fulviceps), 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.tacpyt2.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fulvous-faced Scrub-Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fulvous-faced_Scrub-Tyrant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
