Alternative name: Mishima Tyrannulet
- Zimmerius villarejoi
Identification
10.5 cm. Described in 2001.
- Greenish-olive upperparts with a paler green face
- Weakly contrasting greenish-olive throat and upper breast
- Dusky wings with two thin yellow wingbars and yellow edges
- Dusky tail edged yellowish-olive
- Olive-yellow breast, bright-yellow rest of underparts
Sexes similar, juvenile undescribed.
Distribution
Has a very small range in north-eastern Peru (near Iquitos).
An uncommon species, discovered in 1990 and only known from a few sites.
Another population has been discovered inhabiting the dry forests of the Mayo and Huallaga drainages in San Martín. Given the differences in habitat and vocalizations, as well as the distance separating the two populations, they may well represent two different species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
Habitat
Found in lowland white-sand forest.
Behaviour
Usually seen in canopy and subcanopy moving with short hops and flights. Flicks its wings often outwards, tail held downwards.
Diet
Feeds on small fruits, insects and seeds. Seen foraging singly or in pairs, rarely in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding
No information.
Movements
A resident species.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mishana Tyrannulet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mishana_Tyrannulet
