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Alternative name: Chapman's Tyrannulet

Phylloscartes chapmani

Pogonotriccus chapmani[2]

Identification

12cm
Olive crown and back, rufous-buff wing bars. olive yellow on breast, yellow further down on underside.

Distribution

South America: found in south-western Venezuela and nearest parts of Guyana and Brazil.

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

  • P. c. chapmani:
  • Tepuis of southern Venezuela (southern Bolívar and north-eastern Amazonas)
  • P. c. duidae:
  • Tepuis of south-eastern Venezuela (Cerro de la Neblina) and (possibly) adjacent Brazil

Habitat

Moist montane forests and specially sides of Tepuis, 1000-2000 m asl.

Behaviour

Usually sits in an upright stance, frequently raising one wing. Food is likely to be insects taken using flight up to underside of leaves.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. Lepage D. (2020) Ref-Avibase in Avibase - The World Bird Database. Retrieved 13August 2020
  4. Ber van Perlo. 2009. A field guide to the Birds of Brazil. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-530155-7
  1. Fitzpatrick, J. W. (2020). Chapman's Bristle-Tyrant (Phylloscartes chapmani), 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.chabrt1.01

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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