About the Slender-footed Tyrannulet
The slender-footed tyrannulet is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.
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The slender-footed tyrannulet is 9 to 12 cm (3.5 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 6.6 to 9.5 g (0.23 to 0.34 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults of the nominate subspecies have a gray forehead and crown. They have a thin whitish supercilium that starts at their lores and a dark stripe through the eye on an otherwise yellowish white face. Their back and rump are dull olive. Their wings are dusky with thin yellow edges on the coverts and inner parts of the flight feathers. Their tail is dusky olive. Voice: The dawn song of the slender-footed tyrannulet's nominate subspecies has been described as "a soft, querulous, semimusical 'peeu, tri-ri-ri' " and its call as "an inflected 'tuwee?' ". Another author described them similarly as "a rising musical chatter" tew-tui'i'i tew-tui'i'i" and "a mewing, rising huee". The dawn song of subspecies Z. g.
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What the Slender-footed Tyrannulet sounds like
Where it lives
When to see it
Peak activity in October · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Peruvian TyrannuletZimmerius viridiflavusThe Peruvian tyrannulet is about 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 9 to 10 g (0.32 to 0.35 oz).
Bolivian TyrannuletZimmerius bolivianusThe Bolivian tyrannulet is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 10 to 11.6 g (0.35 to 0.41 oz).
Mishana TyrannuletZimmerius villarejoiThe Mishana tyrannulet weighs about 6 to 7 g (0.21 to 0.25 oz).
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