Red-billed Tyrannulet

Zimmerius cinereicapilla

Least ConcernRareInvertebratesForestTiny · 12 g

About the Red-billed Tyrannulet

The red-billed tyrannulet is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.

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The red-billed tyrannulet is 11.5 to 12 cm (4.5 to 4.7 in) long; four males weighed 11.3 to 13.8 g (0.40 to 0.49 oz) and two females 10.7 and 11.2 g (0.38 and 0.40 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a pale gray or dusky olive crown. Their face, back, and rump are olive green. Their wing's lesser coverts are dusky with olive green tips and the median and greater coverts are dusky with pale greenish white edges. Their flight feathers are blackish with pale greenish white or white edges. Their tail is dusky with thin pale olive edges on the feathers. Voice: The red-billed tyrannulet's song has been described as "an accelerating and slightly descending series of clear notes, teeuw tew-tew-te-te-te-te-te-te-te or...a fast series of clear notes, the last two emphasized, tirtetetetete-whét-whét". Other authors describe it as "a rising chi-wheet, interspersed with a rich, chuckling pi'CHEE'CHEE'CHEE'CHEE".

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What the Red-billed Tyrannulet sounds like

Recording: Niels Krabbe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

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