Oustalet's Tyrannulet

Phylloscartes oustaleti

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicInvertebratesForestDomed nestTiny · 10 g

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Oustalet's tyrannulet is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 9.4 to 10.5 g (0.33 to 0.37 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have yellowish lores whose color extends to a wide eye-ring. Their face is otherwise bright yellow with a blackish line through the eye that continues as a crescent around the ear coverts. Their crown and upperparts are olive. Their wings are dusky olive with yellowish olive edges on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts are dusky with yellowish tips that form two wing bars. Their tail is olive. Voice: The song of Oustalet's tyrannulet is an "energetic, high, nasal tueu-wí-tjeu-wíja" and its call a "short trrrri". It also makes a trill of "small tek notes".

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When to see the Oustalet's Tyrannulet

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

Where to see the Oustalet's Tyrannulet

Regular range

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About the Oustalet's Tyrannulet

Oustalet's tyrannulet is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is endemic to Brazil.

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