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The Serra do Mar bristle tyrant is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs about 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a bright olive crown, nape, back, rump, and tail. They have blackish lores whose color extends to under the eye, a white stripe from above the lores to the eye, and a prominent white eye-ring on an otherwise mostly gray face. They have a blackish crescent behind the ear coverts. Their wings are the same olive as the back with slightly paler edges on the flight feathers. Voice: The Serra do Mar bristle tyrant's song is a "very high, sharp yet hoarse, 3-noted 'wé-do-die', so fast that 2nd and 3rd note merge if heard from some distance".
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About the Serra do Mar Bristle Tyrant
The Serra do Mar bristle tyrant, or Serra do Mar tyrannulet, is a small species of bird in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
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Easily confused with
Sao Paulo Bristle TyrantPogonotriccus paulistaThe Sao Paulo bristle tyrant is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz).
Chapman's Bristle TyrantPogonotriccus chapmaniChapman's bristle tyrant is about 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighs 7 to 8 g (0.25 to 0.28 oz).
Venezuelan Bristle TyrantPogonotriccus venezuelanusThe Venezuelan bristle tyrant is about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and weighs 8 to 9 g (0.28 to 0.32 oz).
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