Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Camptostoma (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Southern Beardless Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
Botanical Gardens, Quito, Ecuador
  Other races are less grey, more brown.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Southern Beardless Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
Pantano Villa Marshes , Lima, Peru  
   
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Try to identify by the bill shape and color and overall shape of the bird. The body color and wing bars have a lot of variation over its large range, and the crest can be raised or flat.
A grey individual with light wing bars.
Alt. photo
Alt. photo


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