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Subspecies chrysops
Photo by Robert_Scanlon
La Suiza, near Pereira, Colombia, May 2004
Zimmerius chrysops

Includes: Loja Tyrannulet; Coopmans's Tyrannulet

Identification

Mostly olive above and greyish below. Face has much yellow, from above bill to above eye and again below lore. Wing feathers edged yellowish but wings bars not distinctive.

Distribution

South America: found in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

Taxonomy

By location, this bird should belong to a population which has uncertain affinities, it might belong to Peruvian Tyrannulet
Photo by lior kislev
La Esperanza, Peru, February 2010

Choco Tyrannulet has been split from this taxon.[1][2][3]

Subspecies

Zimmerius chrysops has four subspecies[1]:

  • Z. c. minimus
  • Santa Marta Mountains (north-eastern Colombia)
  • Z. c. cumanensis
  • Z. c. flavidifrons
  • Z. c. chrysops
  • Southern Colombia to Ecuador, northern Peru and north-western Venezuela

It has been proposed that the subspecies flavidifrons and the southern population of subspecies chrysops (south of Rio Marañon) should be transferred to Peruvian Tyrannulet. Gill and Donsker (2013) recognise Loja Tyrannulet, Z. flavidifrons and Coopmans's Tyrannulet, Zimmerius minimus as separate species.[3]

Habitat

Humid, wet, or cloud forests and adjacent clearings at mid elevation in mountains.

Behaviour

Diet

Feeds alone, in pairs, or with mixed species flocks. Often perching at conspicuous branches.

Vocalisation

There are some vocal differences between different populations, including between northern and southern populations of subspecies chrysops.

Breeding

Nest in suspended dry leaves.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2013. IOC World Bird Names (version 3.5). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
  3. SACC proposal to split Choco Tyrannulet

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