Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant - BirdForum Opus

Myiornis atricapillus

Photo by COLOMBIA Birding
Pacific Choco, Colombia, May 2011

Identification

6.5 cm
Male

• Black crown
• Dark grey head
• White "spectacles"
• Olive-green upperparts
• White throat and central breast
• Blackish tail and wings (yellow edging to the feathers)
• Two yellow wing bars
• Grey flanks
• Pale yellow belly
  

Sexes similar but females have a duller, sootier crown

Juveniles: upperparts and crown browner; wing markings and underparts tinged buff

Distribution

Humid lowlands of Costa Rica to western Colombia and north-western Ecuador

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Forest canopy, edges and clearings, and in second growth and semi-open woodland up to an altitude of 900 m.

Behaviour

Breeding

The nest, which is suspended from a thin branch, is a pouch about 15cm long, with a round side entrance. The female builds the nest and incubates the 2 brown-blotched white eggs which hatch after 15-16 days.

Vocalisation

The call is a thin ttseep.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-capped_Pygmy_Tyrant

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