Birds of Costa Rica

○   ←   PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)   →
Genus: Ornithion (2 species, 3 worldwide)


Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Brown-capped Tyrannulet (Ornithion brunneicapillus)
San Cipriano, Valle de Cauca, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
A small bird similar to the Brown-capped Vireo, but smaller, yellower, and with an all-black bill, and found at low altitudes.

Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet (Ornithion semiflavum)
Plan de las Flores, Oaxaca, Mexico   		   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.
Generally a canopy species.

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