Fulvous-headed Scrub-Tyrant (Euscarthmus fulviceps)

Identification & Behavior: ~10 cm (4 in). The Fulvous-headed Scrub-Tyrant is grayish-brown with a variable amount on fulvous on the head and face. The wing coverts are fringed with pale-tawny forming two wing bars that may vary in definition ambon individulas. It forages in scrub and the understory of semi-open woodlands. In NW Peru, it is similar to the Southern Beardless Tyrannulet and Gray-and-White Tyrannulet but is distinguished by having a round head with no crest and by having a tawny head. Also, see Mouse-colored Tyrannulet. The Fulvous-headed Scrub-Tyrant was formerly considered conspecific with the Rufous-crowned Scrub-Tyrant.

Status: The Fulvous-headed Scrub-Tyrant is common in dry habitats of northwest Peru, the Marañon Valley, and the part of the Huallaga Valley. It is known to range to elevations of up to 1500 m along the west slope of the Andes. It also occurs in Ec.

Name in Spanish: Tirano-Pigmeo de Cabeza Leonada.

Sub-species: Fulvous-headed Scrub-Tyrant (Euscarthmus fulviceps), P. L. Sclater, 1871.

Meaning of Name: Euscarthmus: Gr. eu= good and skarthmos= leaping, euskarthmos= high-leaping. fulviceps: L. fulvus= tawny and ceps, face, facial area.

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