Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Ryan F. Mandelbaum, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis), photo 2 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Tommy Andriollo, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis), photo 4 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Robert Blackmore, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Variegated Bristle Tyrant (Pogonotriccus poecilotis), photo 7 — Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

What the Variegated Bristle Tyrant sounds like

Sonogram of the Variegated Bristle Tyrant: time runs left to right, pitch bottom to top, and the brighter the mark the louder the sound.

Recorded by Niels Krabbe · Call · Napo: 'Cabañas San Isidro', 1-2 km SW Cosanga, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

ID tip

The variegated bristle tyrant is about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long; three individuals weighed between 7 and 9.5 g (0.25 and 0.34 oz). The sexes have the same plumage. Adults have a slate gray crown. Their lores and narrow supercilium are grizzled white. Their ear coverts are grizzled white bisected by a vertical black crescent. Their back and rump are olive green. Their wings are dusky with yellowish edges on the flight feathers. Their wing coverts are dusky with wide tawny buff tips that show as two wing bars. Their tail is dusky olive. Voice: The variegated bristle tyrant's song has been described as "a high, sharp note followed by a rising chippering trill: tsew! tsi-tree'tee'tee'ti'ti'ti". Another author described it as "tsit-tsit-tsit-ts-ts-ts-tseweeeét". Its calls include "a high tsew...a high tsee-tsee and tsi'wit".

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When to see the Variegated Bristle Tyrant

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Variegated Bristle Tyrant

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela

About the Variegated Bristle Tyrant

The variegated bristle tyrant is a species of passerine bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Southern Bristle TyrantPogonotriccus eximiusThe southern bristle tyrant measures about 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) in length; one male weighed 7.5 g (0.26 oz). Antioquia Bristle TyrantPogonotriccus lanyoniThe Antioquia bristle tyrant is about 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long. Spectacled Bristle TyrantPogonotriccus orbitalisThe spectacled bristle tyrant is 11 to 11.5 cm (4.3 to 4.5 in) long and weighs about 8 g (0.28 oz).

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