White-crested Tyrannulet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Lcverissimo
Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, August 2012

Serpophaga subcristata

Identification

11 cm (4¼ in)

• Grey crown and nape
• White supercilium
• White broken eyering
• Dusky eyeline
• Greyish-olive upperparts
• White crest and throat
• Greyish breast
• Yellow belly
• Dark wings with two buffy wingbars.

Distribution

South America: found in Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina

Taxonomy

Sometimes regarded as conspecific with White-bellied Tyrannulet.

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• S. s. straminea:

South-eastern Brazil (southern Piauí and Bahia) to Uruguay

• S. s. subcristata:

Eastern Bolivia to south-western Brazil (Mato Grosso), Paraguay and central Argentina

Habitat

Shrubby steppes, tree groves and inhabilited areas.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists almost entirely of insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)
4. Arthur Grosset

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) White-crested Tyrannulet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/White-crested_Tyrannulet

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