- Zimmerius parvus
Identification
- Olive-green upperside
- Wing feathers darker, each feather of greater coverts and flight feathers edged in bright green, but no wing bar
- Head has dark grey crown, greenish auriculars, and relatively weakly patterned side with indistinct supercilium and broken eye ring
- Underside pale with greyish wash to indistinct streaking
- Bill short and black
Similar species
Guatemalan Tyrannulet seems to have browner upperparts, more contrasting head with more distinct supercilium, and longer wings.
Distribution
Eastern Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and extreme northwestern [[Colombia] (Chocó)
Taxonomy
This is one of the daughter species from the former Paltry Tyrannulet
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Lowlands to foothills in forest and edges to relatively open areas with trees and bushes.
Behaviour
Easts mistletoe berries supplemented with insects and other fruit.
Vocalisation
Call is a plain peeeu or peeer sound.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v11.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Jones, A. W. (2020). Mistletoe Tyrannulet (Zimmerius parvus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.paltyr3.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Mistletoe Tyrannulet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mistletoe_Tyrannulet
External Links
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