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[[File:Mishana_Tyrannulet_THBD.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Thibaud|Thibaud}}<br />Tarapoto, San Martín, [[Peru]], 9 January 2021]]
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'''Alternative name: Mishima Tyrannulet'''
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;[[:Category:Zimmerius|Zimmerius]] villarejoi
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==Identification==
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10.5 cm. Described in 2001.
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* Greenish-olive upperparts with a paler green face
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* Weakly contrasting greenish-olive throat and upper breast
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* Dusky wings with two thin yellow wingbars and yellow edges
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* Dusky tail edged yellowish-olive
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* Olive-yellow breast, bright-yellow rest of underparts
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Sexes similar, juvenile undescribed.
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==Distribution==
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Has a very small range in north-eastern [[Peru]] (near Iquitos).<br />
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An uncommon species, discovered in 1990 and only known from a few sites.
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Another population has been discovered inhabiting the dry forests of the Mayo and Huallaga drainages in San Martín. Given the differences in habitat and vocalizations, as well as the distance separating the two populations, they may well represent two different species.
  
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species.<br />
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==Habitat==
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Found in lowland white-sand forest.
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==Behaviour==
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Usually seen in canopy and subcanopy moving with short hops and flights. Flicks its wings often outwards, tail held downwards.
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====Diet====
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Feeds on small fruits, insects and seeds.
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Seen foraging singly or in pairs, rarely in mixed-species flocks.
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====Breeding====
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No information.
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====Movements====
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A resident species.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug13}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
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==External Links==
 
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{{GSearch|Zimmerius+villarejoi}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Zimmerius]]

Latest revision as of 14:38, 19 May 2021

Photo © by Thibaud
Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru, 9 January 2021

Alternative name: Mishima Tyrannulet

Zimmerius villarejoi

Identification

10.5 cm. Described in 2001.

  • Greenish-olive upperparts with a paler green face
  • Weakly contrasting greenish-olive throat and upper breast
  • Dusky wings with two thin yellow wingbars and yellow edges
  • Dusky tail edged yellowish-olive
  • Olive-yellow breast, bright-yellow rest of underparts

Sexes similar, juvenile undescribed.

Distribution

Has a very small range in north-eastern Peru (near Iquitos).
An uncommon species, discovered in 1990 and only known from a few sites. Another population has been discovered inhabiting the dry forests of the Mayo and Huallaga drainages in San Martín. Given the differences in habitat and vocalizations, as well as the distance separating the two populations, they may well represent two different species.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

Habitat

Found in lowland white-sand forest.

Behaviour

Usually seen in canopy and subcanopy moving with short hops and flights. Flicks its wings often outwards, tail held downwards.

Diet

Feeds on small fruits, insects and seeds. Seen foraging singly or in pairs, rarely in mixed-species flocks.

Breeding

No information.

Movements

A resident species.

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. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)

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