About the Cinnamon-faced Tyrannulet
The cinnamon-faced tyrannulet is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia and Peru.
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The cinnamon-faced tyrannulet is about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long; six individuals weighed between 7.6 and 9.1 g (0.27 and 0.32 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a cinnamon-rufous forecrown, lores, and eye-ring and a faint white streak behind the eye. A dusky band arcs above, behind, and under the pale cinnamon-buff ear coverts. Their crown is gray with a light olive wash and their back and rump are olive-green. Their wings are dusky to blackish with bright yellowish olive-green edges on the flight feathers. Voice: The cinnamon-faced tyrannulet's song is "a high, springy, laughing chatter that quavers, rising slightly: chi chi tchrrEEEEeeeEEEEEew" and its call is "a high tchew".
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Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in August · a variable species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Alagoas TyrannuletPhylloscartes ceciliaeThe Alagoas tyrannulet is 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long; five individuals weighed 6.8 to 8.4 g (0.24 to 0.30 oz).
Rufous-lored TyrannuletPhylloscartes flaviventrisThe rufous-lored tyrannulet is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs about 8 g (0.28 oz).
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