Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant
Pseudotriccus pelzelni
The Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant (Pseudotriccus pelzelni) is a rare tyrant flycatcher found in 4 countries, weighing about 11 g. The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers.
About the Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant
The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.
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How to identify it
The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 9 to 11 g (0.32 to 0.39 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies P. p. pelzelni have a mostly dark brownish-olive head, upperparts, and tail. Their crown is slightly darker than their back and has a bushy crest that is only rarely raised. Their wings are also dark brownish-olive, but with diffuse warmer brown edges to the coverts and inner flight feathers. Their chin and throat are creamy whitish, their breast and flanks olive, and their belly and undertail coverts creamy yellow. Voice: The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant is not very vocal. It makes "a shrill and high-pitched 'preeeeeeee', sometimes with a separate higher note at end" and also a "drier descending trill".
What the Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
The Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant can be seen all year round, with peak activity in August. It is a resident species across most of its range.
Easily confused with
Quick questions
- How do you identify a Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant?
- The bronze-olive pygmy tyrant is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 9 to 11 g (0.32 to 0.39 oz). Full identification notes are on this page.
- How big is a Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant?
- The Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant is a tiny sized bird weighing about 11 g.
- Where can you see a Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant?
- The Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant occurs in 4 countries, including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama.
- What does a Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant sound like?
- You can listen to 2 field recordings of the Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant on this page, contributed to xeno-canto under open licences.
- What birds look similar to a Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant?
- The Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant is most easily confused with the Rufous-headed Pygmy Tyrant and the Hazel-fronted Pygmy Tyrant.
- Is the Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant endangered?
- The Bronze-olive Pygmy Tyrant is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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