Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers, Calyptura)  
Genus: Serpophaga (5 species)


Torrent Tyrannulet
Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea cinerea)
Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Bolivia
El Salado Parque Ecoturístico, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Common along fast moving streams and the fields around them.

Straneck's Tyrannulet
Straneck's Tyrannulet (Serpophaga griseicapilla)
Range: SA: cw, nw Argentina
Dique Florentino Ameghino, Chubut province, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

Very similar to the White-crested Tyrannulet. Austral migrant from Argentina.

River Tyrannulet
River Tyrannulet (Serpophaga hypoleuca hypoleuca)
Range: SA: Orinoco, Amazon and tributaries
Marchantaria Island, Irandub, Amazonas, Brazil
  Very small like the related Torrent Tyrannulet, but found along big Amazon rivers.
   
Photograph by Hector Bottai     Copyright and usage info


Sooty Tyrannulet
Sooty Tyrannulet (Serpophaga nigricans)
Range: SA: s Bolivia, e Paraguay and sc Brazil to c Argentina and Uruguay
Yala, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-crested Tyrannulet
White-crested Tyrannulet (Serpophaga subcristata subcristata)
Range: SA: Bolivia and s Brazil to c Argentina and Uruguay
Argentina  
   
Photograph by Gustavo Masuzzo   © All Rights Reserved.

White-crested Tyrannulet
White-crested Tyrannulet (Serpophaga subcristata)
Range: SA: Bolivia and s Brazil to c Argentina and Uruguay
Rio Piracicaba, MG, Brazil
  Note small size. White crest usually visible.
   
Photograph by João Sérgio Barros F. de Souza   © All Rights Reserved.

White-crested Tyrannulet
White-crested Tyrannulet (Serpophaga subcristata munda)
Range: SA: Bolivia and s Brazil to c Argentina and Uruguay
Mendoza, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

In 2023 the White-bellied Tyrannulet was lumped into this species. Note lack of yellow.


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