Alternative name: Marañon Tyrannulet
- Nesotriccus maranonicus
Phaeomyias maranonica
Identification
11 cm. Overall a small greyish-brown flycatcher with two buff wing bars with a long tail.
- Upperside grey-brown
- Wings more dusky but with buff feather edges and two buff wing bars
- Face grey
- Supercilium wide but not strongly contrasting
- Throat grey
- Breast olive-grey, paler at center
- Underside olive-grey to yellow
- Eyes brown
- Bill dark with pink base to lower mandible
Distribution
Northern Peru (arid tropical Marañón Valley)
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
This species was previously considered a part of Mouse-colored Tyrannulet which has been split into several species.
Habitat
Dry woodland and scrub and disturbed areas next to those.
Behaviour
Eats both insects and fruit, for example mistletoe.
Vocalisation
Dawn song is described as a dji-dji-dji-dji-djzzee! with an almost sneezing quality. Other sounds include a dry rattle.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Schulenberg, T. S. & Stotz, D. F. & Lane, D. F. & O'Neill, J. P. & Parker III, T. A. & Egg, A. B. (2010). Birds of Peru: Revised and Updated Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691130231
- Fitzpatrick, J. W., J. del Hoyo, G. M. Kirwan, and N. Collar (2022). Marañon Tyrannulet (Nesotriccus maranonica), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.moctyr4.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Maranon Tyrannulet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 8 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Maranon_Tyrannulet
External Links
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