Birds of Brazil

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Phylloscartes (11 species, 16 worldwide)


Bahia Tyrannulet
Bahia Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes beckeri) Endangered ENDEMIC
Bahia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Vivek Tiwari   © All Rights Reserved.


Alagoas Tyrannulet
Alagoas Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ceciliae) Critically Endangered ENDEMIC
Frei Caneca, Pernambuco, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Serra do Mar Tyrannulet
Serra do Mar Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes difficilis) ENDEMIC
Itatiaia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Restinga Tyrannulet
Restinga Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes kronei) ENDEMIC
Superagui, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Aaron Maizlish     Copyright and usage info

Restricted to a 150 km. stretch of sand dune ecosystem.

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Black-fronted Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes nigrifrons)
   



Oustalet's Tyrannulet
Oustalet's Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes oustaleti) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Tres Picos Park, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Oustalet's Tyrannulet
Oustalet's Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes oustaleti) Near Threatened ENDEMIC
Intervales State Park, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Note lemon yellow especially around eye. Also note constant tail quivering (Athanas).

Sao Paulo Tyrannulet
Sao Paulo Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes paulista) Near Threatened
Intervales, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Minas Gerais Tyrannulet
Minas Gerais Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes roquettei) Endangered ENDEMIC
Fazenda Grotão, Brasilia, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Rodrigo Conte   © All Rights Reserved.


Bay-ringed Tyrannulet
Bay-ringed Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes sylviolus) Near Threatened
Curitiba, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
Monteiro Lobato, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info

Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet
Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes ventralis)
Serra dos Órgãos, Brazil  
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.


Olive-green Tyrannulet
Olive-green Tyrannulet (Phylloscartes virescens)
Manaus, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A difficult canopy species. Note olive back and head, and yellow-green front, and thin black bill.


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