- Lophotriccus eulophotes
Identification
10 cm.
- Long black crown feathers with grey edging forming a sometimes erected and fanned crest
- Whitish lores
- Olive upperparts
- Dusky wings and tail
- Whitish throat and underparts with grey streaks
Sexes similar, juveniles undescribed.
Distribution
Extrem southwest Amazonian Brazil (Rio Purus), southeast Peru and northwest Bolivia (Pando).
An uncommon to locally fairly common restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
May form a superspecies with Double-banded Pygmy Tyrant and is even sometimes considered conspecific.
Habitat
Found in riverine forest, swamp-forest, large stands of Guadua bamboo, forest edges and road-edge second growth.
Occurs up to 400 m.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects.
Makes short upward strike-sallies to glean prey from stems and leaves. Forages mainly at 4 to 10 m. Follows sometimes mixed-species flocks in bamboo.
Breeding
No information available.
Movements
This is a resident species.
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/
- Clock, B. M. (2020). Long-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus eulophotes), 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.lcptyr1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Long-crested Pygmy Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Long-crested_Pygmy_Tyrant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
