- Pogonotriccus poecilotis
Phylloscartes poecilotis
Identification
11 cm (4¼ in)
- Slate-grey crown
- White flecks over lores and supercilium
- Yellowish-olive upperparts
- Orange lower mandible
- Wide cinnamon (not yellow) wing bars
Similar Species
Distribution
South America: found in the Andes of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.[1]
Has been placed in genus Pogonotriccus by Gill and Donsker (2010).[2]
Habitat
Mountain forest, especially wet, mossy forests.
Behaviour
Diet
They eat mostly arthropods. They forage singly, in pairs and in mixed species flocks, often with Marble-faced Bristle Tyrant
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Variegated Bristle Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 7 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Variegated_Bristle_Tyrant
External Links
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