Ecuadorian Tyrannulet

About the Ecuadorian Tyrannulet

The Ecuadorian tyrannulet (Phylloscartes gualaquizae) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The Ecuadorian tyrannulet was originally described as Pogonotriccus gualaquizæ and was later moved to genus Phylloscartes. Its specific epithet, currently spelled gualaquizae, is derived from Gualaquiza Canton, Ecuador, where the type specimen was collected.

The Ecuadorian tyrannulet is monotypic. The Ecuadorian tyrannulet is about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long; one male weighed 8 g (0.28 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have an indistinct whitish supercilium and eye-ring. Their face is otherwise mostly pale yellow to whitish with an indistinct blackish line around the ear coverts. Their crown is gray and the rest of their upperparts are olive. Their wings are dusky with pale yellow edges and tips on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts are dusky with whitish to pale yellow tips that form two wing bars. Their tail is olive. Their throat is whitish and the rest of their underparts are yellow with an olive wash on the breast. Both sexes have a brown iris, a black bill... Wikipedia →