White-lored Tyrannulet

About the White-lored Tyrannulet

The white-lored tyrannulet (Ornithion inerme) is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The white-lored tyrannulet is monotypic. The white-lored tyrannulet is 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) long and weighs about 6 to 8 g (0.21 to 0.28 oz). It is a small flycatcher with a rather thick bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a gray crown and nape with a white line from past the eye to past the eye across the forehead and gray lores on an otherwise olive face. Their upperparts are olive. Their wings are blackish with thin greenish yellow edges on the secondaries. Their greater and median wing coverts have pale yellow tips that show as two rows of spots on the closed wing. Their tail is grayish with green edges on the outer feathers. Their throat is whitish and the rest of their underparts mostly pale yellow with a light olivaceous wash on the breast and sides. Both sexes have a dark brown iris, a black bill, and dark gray or black legs and feet. Juveniles have ochraceous wing bars... Wikipedia →