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Gray-capped Tyrannulet - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by jarbas mattos
Campos do Jordão, Brazil, March 2011
Phyllomyias griseocapilla

Identification

11 cm

  • Olive-green upperparts

Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Brazil (Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo to Santa Catarina)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Araucaria forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of insects, fruit and berries.

References

  1. 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/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved June 2014)

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