Chapman's Bristle Tyrant

Pogonotriccus chapmani

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestTiny · 8 g

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Chapman's bristle tyrant is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a whitish supercilium and a white eye-ring on an otherwise gray and white grizzled face. A black line through the eye continues as a crescent behind the ear coverts. Their crown, back, and rump are dull olive; the crown is slightly darker. Their wings are dusky with pale buffy yellow to buffy white edges on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts are dusky with wide buff tips that show as two conspicuous wing bars. Voice: As of late 2024 xeno-canto had only three recordings of Chapman's bristle tyrant vocalizations. The Cornell Lab's Macaulay Library had several. The species' vocalizations have not been described.

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When to see the Chapman's Bristle Tyrant

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Chapman's Bristle Tyrant

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Brazil.

About the Chapman's Bristle Tyrant

Chapman's bristle tyrant, also known as Chapman's tyrannulet, is a species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.

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