Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias uropygialis)

Identification & Behavior: ~11.5 cm (4.5 in).  The Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet is mostly gray-brown above and gray below. The crown is dusky-gray bordered by a pale superciliary. The wings coverts are black with two broad buffy wing bars.  The base of the lower mandible is orange-yellow. The lower rump is tawny in color. It forages in the canopy and sub-canopy of humid montane forest and humid scrub often in the company of mixed species flocks. It is similar to the Buff-banded Tyrannulet but is distinguished by ranging at higher elevations, a longer pale superciliary, and a tawny rump. Identification of these two species in the field should proceed with caution. Also, see Sclater’s Tyrannulet.

Status: The Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet is uncommon in montane forests of the east slope of the Andes at elevations ranging between 2500-3600 m. It also occurs in Co, Ec, and Bo.

Name in Spanish: Moscareta de Lomo Leonado.

Sub-species: Tawny-rumped Tyrannulet (Phyllomyias uropygialis), (Lawrence), 1869.

Meaning of Name: Phyllomyias: Gr. phullon=  leaf and myias=  flycatcher. uropygialis: L. uropygium= rump.

See more of the Family Tyrannidae