Reiser's Tyrannulet

Phyllomyias reiseri

Least ConcernLegendaryInvertebratesWoodlandCup nestTiny · 7 g

About the Reiser's Tyrannulet

Reiser's tyrannulet is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay.

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Reiser's tyrannulet is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a bright olive crown, nape, back, and rump with faint grayish tips on the crown feathers. They have yellowish white lores, supercilium, and cheeks and a thin olive line through the eye. Their wings are dusky with pale yellowish edges on the flight feathers and the ends of the coverts; the last show as two bars on the closed wing. Their tail is dusky olive. Voice: The song of Reiser's tyrannulet is a "series of rough, liquid notes moving down the scale, 'briu-briu-briu-briu-briu-briu-briu' ".

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Where it lives

Regular range

When to see it

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

Easily confused with

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