Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Mecocerculus (6 species)


Rufous-winged Tyrannulet
Rufous-winged Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus calopterus)
Range: SA: Ecuador, Peru
Peru  
   
Photograph by François Grenon   © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-banded Tyrannulet
Buff-banded Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus hellmayri)
Range: SA: se Peru to nw Argentina
Tucumán, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Ron Knight     Copyright and usage info


White-throated Tyrannulet
White-throated Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus leucophrys)
Range: SA: Venezuela to n Argentina
PNN Los Nevados, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Usually the most common in its genus, and with a bright white throat.

Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet
Sulphur-bellied Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus minor)
Range: SA: Venezuela, Colombia to n Peru
Owlet Lodge, Abra Patricia, San Martín, Peru  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

From front.

White-tailed Tyrannulet
White-tailed Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus poecilocercus)
Range: SA: Colombia to Peru
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Smaller than the more common White-throated Tyrannulet

White-banded Tyrannulet
White-banded Tyrannulet (Mecocerculus stictopterus stictopterus)
Range: SA: Venezuela to Bolivia
Salento, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Smaller than the more common White-throated Tyrannulet, and with a distinctive shade of brown.


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