Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Euscarthmus (1 species, 3 worldwide)


Fulvous-faced Scrub Tyrant
Fulvous-faced Scrub Tyrant (Euscarthmus fulviceps)
Chaparri, Peru  
   
Photograph by Robert Lewis   © All Rights Reserved.

Until recently called Tawny-crowned Pygmy Tyrant. Found in very arid habitats. The west Ecuador and Peru subspecies was split off from the more widespread Fulvous-crowned Scrub Tyrant.


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