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Gray-and-white Tyrannulet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Stanley Jones
Bosque de Pómac, northeast of Túcume, Peru November 2013
Pseudelaenia leucospodia

Identification

12·5 cm

Distribution

South America: found in south-western Ecuador and north-western Peru.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Photo by Stanley Jones
Bosque de Pómac, northeast of Túcume, Peru, November 2013

Arid scrub. Equatorial dry forest at ca. 70 m (230 ft) elevation. Riparian thickets.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. BF Member observations
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)

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