- Tumbezia salvini
Identification
13.5 cm (5¼ in)
- Dark grey crown, lores and ear-coverts
- Bold yellow frontal band and supercilium becoming paler and more whitish towards nape
- Grey or greyish-olive upperparts
- Dusky black wings with two broad white wingbars, secondaries and tertials edged white
- Blackish tail, outer rectrices edged white
- Lemon-yellow throat and underparts
- Short black bill
Sexes similar.
Distribution
Found in northwest Peru (Tumbes to La Libertad), also regularly seen at Zapotillas in south Ecuador.
An uncommon to fairly common restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Forests and dry shrubland, often near acacia and mesquite groves and near dry watercourses.
Occurs below 200 m, locally higher up.
Behaviour
Diet
Feeds on insects.
Forages at middle level, usually standing fairly erect, sometimes also more horizontally and wagging its tail. Makes short sallies to catch insects in the air or glean prey. Frequently in pairs.
Breeding
No information available.
Movements
This is a resident species with some probable seasonal elevational movements.
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/
- Farnsworth, A. and G. Langham (2020). Tumbes Tyrant (Tumbezia salvini), 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Tumbes Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Tumbes_Tyrant
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
