Yellow Tyrannulet

This species is found in thickets, forest and streamside edges, dense second growth, and bushy pastures or clearings. The cup nest is made of plant fibre and grass blades, decorated outside with moss. It is placed 2-7 m high in a tree, shrub, or maize plant. The typical clutch is two white eggs, usually umarked or with very light rufous speckles.

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Author: Tim from Ithaca

The Yellow Tyrannulet is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola) (Lichtenstein, 1823) summary taxon grid map Wikipedia NatureServe Google: Web|Scholar ITIS Birdlife Google|Flickr Xeno-Canto - photo: Michael Woodruff Photo powered by flickr.com. More

Yellow Tyrannulet, Rufous Casiornis and Great-billed Seed-Finch have been recorded here. Near Posic it is quite easy to find Russet-crowned Crake in the roadside ponds. Morro de Calzada has both savanna nearby and deciduous forest on its slopes. Some birds here include Tataupa Tinamou, Black-faced Tanager, Mishana Tyrannulet, Cream-colored Woodpecker, Pale-breasted Thrush, Cinereous-breasted Spinetail, Roraiman Flycatcher, Blue-crowned Trogon, Red-legged Honeycreeper and many more. More

The Yellow Tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Nicaragua south to northeastern Argentina and southeastern Brazil. It is the only member of the genus Capsiempis, but its taxonomy is uncertain, and it has been allocated to at least three other genera in the past. This species is found in thickets, forest and streamside edges, dense second growth, and bushy pastures or clearings. More

Yellow Tyrannulet - Capsiempis flaveola Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola flaveola Reserva Ecolgica de Guapi Assu, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. A fairly common bird over much of tropical Central and South America. In some areas it shows a predilection for bamboo. (S5f) Bearded Tachuri - Polystictus pectoralis Bearded Tachuri Polystictus pectoralis brevipennis Karanambu Ranch, Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo region, Guyana. Female. More

Yellow Tyrannulet determination Similar species Tyrannidae Amazonian Royal Flycatcher | Bearded Tachuri | Black-capped Becard | Black-chested Tyrant | Black-crowned Tityra | Black-tailed Tityra | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Boat-billed Tody-Tyrant | Bran-coloured Flycatcher | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Cinereous Becard | Cinereous Mourner | Cinnamon Attila | Cinnamon-crested Spadebill | Cliff Flycatcher | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Double-banded Pygmy-tyrant | Drab Water-Tyrant More

the Yellow Tyrannulet, but of all the birds that hang around Chusquea this is one of the easiest to see because it doesn More

Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola = Brazil - Date unknown More

Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola) by Adrian Eisen Rupp. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Tyrannidae
Genus : Capsiempis
Species : flaveola
Authority : (Lichtenstein, 1823)