Brown-capped Tyrannulet

Ornithion brunneicapillus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCup nestTiny · 7 g

What the Brown-capped Tyrannulet sounds like

Sonogram of the Brown-capped Tyrannulet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call, song, calls · Esmeraldas: 18.5 road km NNW Alto Tambo, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Brown-capped Tyrannulet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Esmeraldas: 23 road km NNW Alto Tambo, 2 km N main road, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto
Sonogram of the Brown-capped Tyrannulet: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.
Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Song · Los Ríos: 'Río Palenque Science Center', Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The brown-capped tyrannulet is about 8 cm (3.1 in) long and weighs about 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz). It is a small flycatcher with a pointed bill. The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a brownish olive to dark brown crown with a white forehead, lores, and supercilium on an otherwise olive face. Their upperparts are olive. Their wings and tail are dusky olive. Their underparts are bright yellow with faint olive streaks on the breast and flanks. Both sexes have a brown iris, a black bill with an arched maxilla, and dark gray legs and feet. Voice: The brown-capped tyrannulet's primary vocalization is a "eries of 4–6 high metallic or piping whistles, each slightly downward-slurred, slight pause after first note, 'pee, pey-pey-pew' ". It also makes a "single high-pitched 'peeep' ".

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When to see the Brown-capped Tyrannulet

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-capped Tyrannulet

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Brown-capped Tyrannulet

The brown-capped tyrannulet is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela and reported for the first time in Nicaragua in 2011.

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Easily confused with

Side by side: Brown-capped Tyrannulet vs Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet

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