Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant

The pale-eyed pygmy tyrant is 8 to 11 cm (3.1 to 4.3 in) long and weighs about 6 g (0.21 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies A. p. pilaris have a bright olive crown and nape that are suffused with grayish. Their lores are whitish above and gray below; they have a pale partial eye-ring and gray ear coverts. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are bright olive. Their wings are dusky with olive-green edges on the flight feathers and lemon to pale olive tips on the coverts; the latter show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky. Voice: The pale-eyed pygmy tyrant's vocalizations are loud for a small bird. One author described its voice as "ry tic notes and rapid nasal trills...often combined, e.g. tic-tttttttttt". Another described it as a "very high, slightly descending, dry 'prruh' trill".